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English
Noun
lyne (countable and uncountable, plural lynes)
- Obsolete form of line.
- Obsolete form of linen.
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. , London: William Ponsonbie, , →OCLC:Nor any weaver, which his work doth boast
In diaper, in damask, or in lyne,
Might in their diverse cunning ever dare
With this so curious net-work to compare.
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Danish
Etymology
See lyn (“lightning”)
Pronunciation
Verb
lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet)
- zip (to close with a zip fastener)
- lighten, lightning (to produce lightning)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lyne (uncountable)
- A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers.
- The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles.
- Cloth woven from flax; linen.
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Etymology 2
Noun
lyne
- Alternative form of loyne (“loins”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
lyne
- Alternative form of lynnen
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
lyne
- Alternative form of lynde
Etymology 5
Verb
lyne
- Alternative form of linnen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From lyn n (“lightning”).
Alternative forms
Verb
lyne (present tense lyner, past tense lynte, past participle lynt, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn)
- (impersonal, intransitive) to produce lightning
- (intransitive) to emit one or more flashes, to gleam
- (intransitive, of eyes, idiomatic) to light up (in rage)
- (intransitive) to flash; to move very fast
han lynte forbi meg- he flashed past me
Etymology 2
From the adjective ly (“lew, tepid”).
Alternative forms
Verb
lyne (present tense lynar, past tense lyna, past participle lyna, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyne/lyn)
- (ergative) to lew
References
- “lyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “lyne” in The Ordnett Dictionary
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