laun

See also: lăun

Gothic

Romanization

laun

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /løyːn/
    Rhymes: -øyːn

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 (láun). 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

  1. wages, salary
  2. reward
Declension
declension of laun
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launin
dative launum laununum
genitive launa launanna
Synonyms
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
f-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launina
dative laun launinni
genitive launar launarinnar

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

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
  • launblót n (“secret worship of the gods”)
  • laundyrr f pl (“secret doorway”)
  • launfestar f pl (“secret betrothal”)
  • launfundr m (“secret meeting”)
  • laungetinn (“illegitimate, natural”, past participle)
  • launkona f (“concubine”)
  • launkoss m (“secret kiss”)
  • launkárr (“dealing in secrets, mysterious”)
  • launmaðr m (“a hidden (sham) person”)
  • launmæli n pl (“hidden talk”)
  • launráð n (“secret device”)
  • launstefna f (“secret meeting”)
  • launstigr m (“secret path”)
  • launstuldr m (“stilfering, theft”)
  • launsát f (“ambush”)
  • launsátt f (“secret agreement”)
  • launsætt f (“secret agreement”)
  • launtal n (“secret talk”)
  • launung f (“concealment, secrecy”)
  • launvágr m (“hidden creek”)
  • launvíg f (“secret manslaughter”)
  • launþing n (“secret meeting”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: laun
  • Norwegian Bokmål: (i lønn)

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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