dahnadv.prep.
/dɑːn/ regional and colloquial.
= down adv., down prep.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in downward direction
adowneOE
netherwardsOE
shireOE
netherOE
netherOE
netherwardOE
downOE
adownwardOE
downwardslOE
downwardc1225
downhilla1398
alowc1450
downwith1488
downside1664
dahn1849
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. viii. 178 Making the remark..that it was ‘Raight dahn warm for Febewerry’.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 1 Got a scar right dahn 'is fice? Yus, that's 'im.
1951 N. Marsh Opening Night i. 27 The theatre was shut dahn for a long while until they 'ad it all altered and pansied up.
1971 Trans. Yorks. Dial. Soc. 13 24 I t'end..t'owd ahse hed to be pooled dahn as one o t'walls war tummelin.
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