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DUN

  • adjective
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Grammar
DUN, adj.
DUN, a colour partaking of brown and black; fuscus, aquĭlus
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  • Dun

    fuscus, Cot. 141, 147: natius [ = nātīvus? ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 79
    • ;
    • Som. 72,
    • 86;
    • Wrt. Voc. 46,
    • 43.
  • Dunn

    balidus [ = βαλιόs? ],

    • Wrt. Voc. 289,
    • 28.
  • On ðone [MS. ðonne] dunnan stán

    to the dun stone,

    • Cod. Dipl. 1120
    • ;
    • A.D. 939
    • ;
    • Kmbl. v. 238,
    • 32.
Etymology
[
Chauc.dunne , donne dark-coloured:
Ir. dunn a dun colour:
Wel. dwn dun, swarthy, dusky:
Gael. donn brown-coloured
.]
Derived forms
asse-dun
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v.  dunn.
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  • DUN, adj.