lown

Meanings

Noun

• Calm, tranquillity.
• A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.
• A low fellow.

Adjective

• Peaceful, calm.

Origin

• From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn ("windstillness"), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ("bright"), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn ("lightning"), Swedish lugn ("calm water").
• See loon.