tawne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tawny, tanny, taune, tawney, tawneȝ, thanne, tawny

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tawné.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯neː/, /ˈtau̯niː/

Noun

tawne (uncountable)

1. tawny, brown-orange (colour)
2. tawny-coloured fabric
3. A tawny-coloured beverage

Descendants

• English: tawny
• Scots: tanny, tannie

References

• “taunī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

tawne

1. tawny-coloured

Descendants

• English: tawny
• Scots: tanny, tannie

References

• “taunī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blewe, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret