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Middle English Dictionary Entry

dǒnnen v.

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Entry Info

Forms	dǒnnen v. Also dunnen.
Etymology	OE dunnian

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

(a) To lose color, fade; (b) ppl. donned, dark in color, dun.

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a

a1400 Cursor (Phys-E)23695 : Flures..wit swet colures Þat neuir mar sal dunne [vr. dime] ne dwine, Bot als in paradis sal schine.
a1400 Wonne þin eren (Hrl 7322)p.250 : Wonne þin eren dinet..And þin hew dunnet.

b

(1430) Will York in Sur.Soc.3012 : Unam equam donned.
(1437-8) Will York in Sur.Soc.3063 : Unam zonam de donned serico.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)135 : Dunnyd of coloure: Subniger.
c1440-a1500 Eglam.(Schleich)261 : I sall the gyffe twa gud grewhoundis, Are donnede als any doo.
?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)519 : Dragaunce..His stalkes ere..gray als marbylle & donned a mange.
a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)50 : For to wynne my doȝter..And my donnyd kowe.