adown

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English adoun, from Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”) (compare Latin ad vallum > Old French à val, used in the same way). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈdaʊn/ === Adverb === adown (not comparable) (archaic) Down, downward; to or in a lower place. === Preposition === adown (archaic) Down. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adown. === Anagrams === daown == Scots == === Preposition === adown alternative form of adoon === Adverb === adown (not comparable) alternative form of adoon