growan

English

Etymology

From Cornish growan (“gravel”). Compare Armorican grouan (“gravel”), Cornish grow (“gravel, sand”).

Noun

growan (countable and uncountable, plural growans)

  1. (UK, mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “growan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Cornish

Etymology

From grow (“gravel”) +‎ -an.

Noun

growan m (plural growenyow)

  1. granite

Descendants

  • → English: growan

Mutation

Mutation of growan
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
growan rowan unchanged krowan unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, become green”), Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, grow green”). Cognate with Old Frisian grōwa (“to grow”), Middle Dutch groeyen, grōyen (“to grow”) (Dutch groeien), Old High German gruoen (“to grow, thrive, flourish”), Old Norse grōa (“to grow, become green”), Old English græs (“grass”), Old English grēne (“green”). More at grass, green.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡroː.wɑn/

Verb

grōwan

  1. (of plants) to grow
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      Hit is weliġ þis ēalond on wæstmum ⁊ on trēowum misenlīcra cynna; ⁊ hit is ġesċræpe on lǣwe sċēapa ⁊ nēata; ⁊ on sumum stōwum wīnġeardas grōwaþ.
      This island is rich in fruits and trees of various kinds; and it is suitable for the pasture of sheep and cattle; and in some places vineyards grow.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grōwan (strong, class VII)
infinitive grōwan grōwenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular grōwe grēow
second person singular grēwst grēowe
third person singular grēwþ grēow
plural grōwaþ grēowon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular grōwe grēowe
plural grōwen grēowen
imperative
singular grōw
plural grōwaþ
participle present past
grōwende (ġe)grōwen

Derived terms

Derived terms

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