lén

See also: len, Len, leń, lèn, lên, lɛn, and l'en

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ljɛːn/
    Rhymes: -ɛːn

Noun

lén n (genitive singular léns, nominative plural lén)

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

Declension
declension of lén
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lén lénið lén lénin
accusative lén lénið lén lénin
dative léni léninu lénum lénunum
genitive léns lénsins léna lénanna

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
  Declension of lén (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lén lénit lén lénin
accusative lén lénit lén lénin
dative léni léninu lénum lénunum
genitive léns lénsins léna lénanna

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 (練, 聯, 蹥, 躒, 輦, 𥌦, 𨇍, 𨖲)

  1. stealthily; covertly; secretly

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • đánh lén
  • lén lút
  • thầm lén

Verb

lén

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