laun

laun

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽

• IPA^(key): /løyːn/

  Rhymes: -øyːn

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.

laun n pl (plural only, genitive plural launa)

1. wages, salary

   Synonym: kaup

2. reward

• launa

  launaður

  launa lambið gráa

• föst laun
• verðlaun

  verðlauna

  verðlaunaður

• launmorðingi

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

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.

• leyna
• leynd
• ljóna
• ljúga

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

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

laun

1. leaf

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

laun n pl or f

1. reward, recompense

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

laun f

1. secrecy, concealment

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

laun

1. to live