Middle English Dictionary Entry
brǒunen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | brǒunen v. |
| Etymology | From brǒun adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To turn brown.
Associated quotations
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3289 : Whan nutte brouneþ [vr. brouniþ] on heselrys, Þe lefdy is of her lemman chys.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)38 : When þey [yrchouns] ben rostid..lat hem nowt browne to moche.