legende

See also: Legende, légende, and légendé

English

Noun

legende (plural legendes)

1. Obsolete spelling of legend.

Anagrams

• gleened

Danish

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

legende c (singular definite legenden, plural indefinite legender)

1. a legend

   en levende legende - a living legend

Inflection

Declension of legende

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	legende	legenden	legender	legenderne
genitive	legendes	legendens	legenders	legendernes

Related terms

• legendarisk

Etymology 2

From the verb at lege.

Verb

legende

1. present participle of at lege

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch legende, from Middle French legende, from Old French legende, from Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌləˈɣɛn.də/, /ˌleːˈɣɛn.də/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: le‧gen‧de

Noun

legende f (plural legenden or legendes, diminutive legendetje n)

1. legend (fictional story based on oral tradition, possibly with a kernel of truth)

Derived terms

• dolkstootlegende

Related terms

• legenda

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒɛn.de/
• Rhymes: -ɛnde
• Hyphenation: le‧gèn‧de

Noun

legende f pl

1. plural of legenda

Latin

Participle

legende

1. vocative masculine singular of legendus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• legande, legant, legent

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /lɛːˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛːd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /-and(ə)/, /-ɛnt/

Noun

legende (plural legendes)

1. A hagiography (biography of a saint)
2. A compendium of hagiographies
3. A historical narrative (usually about an individual)

Descendants

• English: legend
• Scots: leegend

References

• “leǧende, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

legende m (definite singular legenden, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)

1. a legend

   en levende legende ― a living legend

Related terms

• legendarisk

Etymology 2

Verb

legende

1. present participle of lege

References

• “legende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

legende f (definite singular legenda, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)

1. a legend

   ei levande legende - a living legend

Related terms

• legendarisk

References

• “legende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin legenda.

Noun

legende oblique singular, f (oblique plural legendes, nominative singular legende, nominative plural legendes)

1. legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events; in particular an account the life of a saint)

Descendants

• > French: légende (inherited)
• → Middle English: legende, legande, legant, legent
  • English: legend
  • Scots: leegend

References

• legende on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Portuguese

Verb

legende

1. inflection of legendar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative