See also: lăun

Gothic

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Romanization

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laun

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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laun n pl

  1. wages, salary
  2. reward
Declension
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    Declension of laun
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launin
dative launum laununum
genitive launa launanna
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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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
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    Declension of laun
f-s2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative laun launin
accusative laun launina
dative laun launinni
genitive launar launarinnar
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Maguindanao

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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laun

  1. leaf

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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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

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laun n pl or f

  1. reward, recompense
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: laun n pl
  • Norwegian: læn, (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

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

Etymology 2

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Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

Noun

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laun f

  1. secrecy, concealment
Declension
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References

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

Tolai

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Verb

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laun

  1. to live