douen

• dowen, duhen, duȝen

From Old English dugan, from Proto-West Germanic *dugan, from Proto-Germanic *duganą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːən/

douen

1. (transitive, intransitive) To be helpful or beneficial; to have worthiness or use (for something)
2. (impersonal) To be appropriate or suitable for a given situation.
3. (intransitive, rare) To be mighty, bold, or hardy.
4. (intransitive, rare) To attain victory or success; to win.
5. (transitive, rare) To be able to (perform an act).

• English: dow (obsolete)
• Scots: dow

• “dǒuen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-12.

From Old French douer.

douen

1. Alternative form of dowen