Noun: awn
Sample Sentences
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In one exotic genus, Aristida, the awn is compound, having three forks or branches; another exotic genus, Pappophorum, is remarkable in having the flowering glume armed with a dozen or more awns. [1909, William Hutchinson, Handbook of Grasses, page 12:]
Nouns inflected like awn
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited 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 ašni̇̀s (“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. See: Middle English Nouns '
awne', Middle English Nouns '
awne', Old Norse Nouns '
ǫgn', Danish Nouns '
avne', Old English Nouns '
agnu', German Nouns '
Ahne', Latin Nouns '
agna', Czech Nouns '
osina', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἄκαινα'.
Verbs referencing "awn"
Gothic Nouns
𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰, Ancient Greek Nouns
ἄχνη, Danish Nouns
avne.