Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Calm; low and sheltered; still; serene; tranquil: as, a lown place.
  • noun A variant of loon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A low fellow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A low fellow.
  • adjective Scotland peaceful, calm

Etymologies

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See loon.

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From Old Norse logn, lygn.

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