adv. Obs. [In ME. two words, THERE 17 and DOWN adv. q.v. for Forms.] Down there; down: in reference to direction or position.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 9791. Þe brain orn al abrod in þe pauiment þer doune. Ibid., 9797. Nou he liþ þer doune.

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c. 1305.  St. Kenelm, 206, in E. E. P. (1862), 53. And falsliche as heo com anheȝ, also heo ful [= fell] þerdoune.

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c. 1325.  Poem Edw. II., 37, in Pol. Songs (Camden), 325. Certes holi churche is muchel i-brouht ther doune.

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, XI. 300. The sykis alswa thair doune Sall put thame to confusioune.

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a. 1500.  Freiris of B., 178, in Dunbar’s Poems (S.T.S.), 291. All that thay did thair doun he micht weill se.

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