broun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• broyn, brown, brun, bruyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old English brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bruːn/

Adjective

broun (plural and weak singular broune)

1. dark, dull, murky (in color)
2. brown (of a brown color)
3. brown-haired
4. having brown skin
5. (metal) bright, shining

Related terms

• brunswyn

Descendants

• English: brown, broon (Northumbria)
  • Bislama: braon
  • Tok Pisin: braun
  • → Tongan: palauni
  • → Welsh: brown
  • → Ulithian: brawon
• Geordie: broon
• Scots: broon, broun

References

• “brǒun, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Noun

broun

1. brown (colour)
2. brown-haired person

Descendants

• English: brown, broon (Northumbria)
  • Bislama: braon
  • Tok Pisin: braun
  • → Tongan: palauni
  • → Welsh: brown
  • → Ulithian: brawon
• Scots: broon, broun

References

• “brǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret