Middle English Dictionary Entry
adǒun prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | adǒun prep. |
| Etymology | From adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Down; (b) down from.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.813 : Adown the steyre anonright tho she wente.
b
- a1350 Horn (Hrl 2253)1082 : He þrew him a doun [vr. ouer] þe brugge.