Old English · adjective

dunn

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /dunn/
[dun]
Syllables: dunn (1 syllable)
Modern English: dun aquilus fuscus glosses brown latin bleak black

Meaning

dark, dun, brown, or black in color (glosses Latin fuscus and aquilus)
bleak, dark, dim

Declension

Strong declension of dunn
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dunn	dunn	dunn
Accusative	dunne	dunne	dunn
Genitive	dunnes	dunre	dunnes
Dative	dunnum	dunre	dunnum
Instrumental	dunne	dunre	dunne
Plural
Nominative	dunne	dunna dunne	dunn
Accusative	dunne	dunna dunne	dunn
Genitive	dunra	dunra	dunra
Dative	dunnum	dunnum	dunnum
Instrumental	dunnum	dunnum	dunnum

Weak declension of dunn
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dunna	dunne	dunne
Accusative	dunnan	dunnan	dunne
Genitive	dunnan	dunnan	dunnan
Dative	dunnan	dunnan	dunnan
Instrumental	dunnan	dunnan	dunnan
Plural
Nominative	dunnan	dunnan	dunnan
Accusative	dunnan	dunnan	dunnan
Genitive	dunra dunnena	dunra dunnena	dunra dunnena
Dative	dunnum	dunnum	dunnum
Instrumental	dunnum	dunnum	dunnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown; yellow”). Cognate with Old Saxon dunn, dun (“brown, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard”), Old Saxon dosan (“brown”), Old High German tusin (“ash-grey, dull brown”). Compare also Old Irish donn (“brown”).

Descendants

dun

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