Blawn

/blɔn/ verb

Definition

Past participle of blaw; blown, having produced a stream of air (Scottish/dialectal).

Etymology

From blaw with the old past participle suffix common in Germanic languages, preserved in Scottish English where standard English uses blown.

Kelly Says

Blawn shows that Scottish English conserved older Germanic past participle forms that southern English simplified—it's like a linguistic amber preserving how English sounded centuries ago.

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