awn

From Middle English aw(u)ne, agune, from Old Norse ǫgn (compare Danish avne), from Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (compare Old English agnu, Dutch agen, German Ahne, Agen), from Proto-Indo-European *aḱanā (compare Latin agna (“ear of wheat”), Lithuanian ašnìs (“edge, blade”), Czech osina, Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike, prick”), ἄκανος (ákanos, “pine-thistle”), Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt, arrow tip”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). More at edge.

• IPA^(key): /ɔːn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːn
• Homophone: on (US, Southern) (US, Midland US) (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

awn (plural awns)

An ear of a wild rye species, showing the conspicuous awns

1. The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

• NWA, WAN, Wan, naw, wan, wan-

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.un/, /au̯n/

awn

1. inflection of mynet:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/imperative
   2. first-person singular imperfect indicative

awn

1. (Internet slang) aw, aww (express affection)

   Awn, você é tão fofo!

   Aw, you're so cute!

awn

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of ain

• “awn, adj., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

• (first-person singular conditional): elwn

• IPA^(key): /au̯n/
• Rhymes: -au̯n

awn

1. inflection of mynd:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/future
   2. first-person singular conditional
   3. (literary) first-person plural imperative