sownen
Middle English
Verb
sownen (third-person singular simple present sowneth, present participle sownende, simple past and past participle sowned)
- to sound
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- Al be that I kan nat sowne his stile, / Ne kan nat clymben over so heigh a style
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Squire's Tale’, Canterbury Tales