laun

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See also: lăun

Gothic

Romanization

laun

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse laun, from Proto-Germanic *launą, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“catch, plunder, profit”). Cognate with Swedish lön, Dutch loon (Old Saxon lōn), German Lohn (Old High German lōn), Old English lean, Old Frisian lān, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽 (laun). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek λεία (leía) (from *λαϝία), Latin lucrum, Old Church Slavonic ловъ (lovŭ) (Russian лов (lov)), Old Irish lóg, Lithuanian lãvinti.

Noun

laun n pl (plural only, genitive plural launa)

  1. wages, salary
    Synonym: kaup
  2. reward
Declension
Declension of laun (pl-only neuter)
plural
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launin
dative launum laununum
genitive launa launanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse laun, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

Noun

laun f (genitive singular launar, no plural)

  1. secrecy, concealment
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Þey þey! þey þey! þaut í holti tófa,
      þurran vill hún blóði væta góm,
      eða líka einhver var að hóa
      undarlega digrum karlaróm;
      útilegumenn í Ódáðahraun
      eru kannske að smala fé á laun.
      Hush, hush, hush, hush,
      a vixen dashed in the hillock,
      wanting to quench his thirst with blood.
      Or - is it someone calling,
      strangely, with a harsh voice?
      Outlawed men, in the vast waste land
      are secretly guarding their stolen sheep.
    Á laun.
    In secret, secretly.
Declension
Declension of laun (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launina
dative laun launinni
genitive launar launarinnar

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun, compare Malay daun.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈlaun/
  • Rhymes: -aun
  • Syllabification: laun

Noun

laun

  1. leaf

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *launą n. The mixing of the neuter plural and feminine singular is also seen in lǫg n pl or f (“law”).

Noun

laun n pl or f

  1. reward, recompense
Declension
  Declension of laun, (strong a-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launin
dative launum laununum
genitive launa launanna
  Declension of laun (strong ō-stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launina
dative laun launinni
genitive launar launarinnar
Descendants
  • Icelandic: laun n pl
  • Norwegian: læn, læ (dialectal)
  • Swedish: lön c
  • Danish: løn c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lønn m or f
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: lønn f
    • → Faroese: løn f
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: løn f

References

  • “laun”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

Noun

laun f

  1. secrecy, concealment
Declension
  Declension of laun (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative laun launin launar launarnar
accusative laun launina launar launarnar
dative laun launinni launum laununum
genitive launar launarinnar launa launanna
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • “laun”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Tolai

Verb

laun

  1. to live
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