flawn

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaun, flaon, flawn, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of flado, from Frankish *flaþō. Doublet of flan, flathe, and flathon.

Noun

flawn (plural flawns)

  1. (obsolete) A flan (custard-based desert)
  2. (obsolete) A pancake or hotcake.
    • 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: […] Richard Tottel, OCLC 1049068421; republished London: Reprinted for Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, OCLC 7109675:
      Fill oven with flawns, Jenny, pass not for sleep,
      To-morrow, thy father his wake-day will keep

References
  • flawn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Middle English

Noun

flawn

  1. Alternative form of flaun
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