lén

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

lén n

  1. genitive plural of léno

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lén.

Pronunciation

Noun

lén n (genitive singular léns, nominative plural lén)

  1. fief, the domain of a feoffee
  2. county (län, administrative division of Sweden or Finland)
  3. (biology, taxonomy) domain
  4. (computing, Internet) domain, domain name

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lehen, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (loan, fief), whence also the native doublet lán. Related to ljá.

Noun

lén n

  1. fief, fee
  2. royal grant or emoulement
  3. royal revenue
  4. share of good things

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lén
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: len
  • Norwegian Bokmål: len
  • Swedish: län
  • Danish: len

References

  • lén in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adverb

lén (, , , , , 𥌦, 𨇍, 𨖲)

  1. stealthily; covertly; secretly; surreptitiously

Derived terms

Derived terms

Verb

lén

  1. (archaic) Synonym of lẻn (to act secretly)