loun

Uncertain. Compare Scots lounder (“to deal heavy blows on, thrash”).

loun (third-person singular simple present louns, present participle louning, simple past and past participle louned)

1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Northern England) To beat; thrash.

From either Scots loon (“boy, lad”) or Middle Dutch loen (“fool, lout”).

loun (plural louns)

1. (Ulster) boy, youth

• ulno-

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (“leaf”).

loun

1. leaf

loun

1. second-person singular imperative of lounen