lind

See also Lind

English

Etymology

Old English lind. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë 'wood, timber, material'.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɪnd/

Noun

lind (plural linds)

1. (obsolete) the lime tree, or linden tree

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Albanian

Etymology

Nasal present of lej. From Proto-Albanian *(a)liienT-, from Proto-Indo-European *h2el- ‘to grow, feed’. Possibly, an original present participle. Compare Old English leodan, Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Old Norse loðenn 'to grow', lind (“wellspring”).

Verb

lind (first-person singular past tense linda, participle lindur)

1. to give birth, bear (child)

Synonyms

• lej

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Danish

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse linr.

Adjective

lind (neuter lindt, definite and plural linde)

1. soft
2. thin

Etymology 2

Wikipedia ^da

From Old Norse lind.

Noun

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

Inflection

    Inflection of lind

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	lind	linden	linde	lindene
genitive	linds	lindens	lindes	lindenes

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or Proto-Finno-Ugric *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonn't, and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [lɪnt]

Noun

lind (genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɪnt/

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, plural lindir)

1. spring
2. lime, linden (Tilia)

Declension

declension of lind

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lind	lindin	lindir	lindirnar
accusative	lind	lindina	lindir	lindirnar
dative	lind	lindinni	lindum	lindunum
genitive	lindar	lindarinnar	linda	lindanna

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lindijō, from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“tree with supple branches; supple”). Cognate with Old Saxon lindia, Middle Dutch linde (Dutch linde), Old High German linta (German Linde), Old Norse lind (Swedish lind); and, from Indo-European, with Latin lentus (“supple”), Ancient Greek ἐλάτη (elatē, “spruce”), Albanian lis (“oak”) and lind (“vineyard's bud, sprout”), Russian луб (“phloem”), Polish lęt (“a switch”), Lithuanian lentà (“plank”). See also līþe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lind/

Noun

lind f (nominative plural linde)

1. lime, linden
2. (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)

Derived terms

• lindhæbbend

Descendants

• English: lind

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Veps

Noun

lind

1. bird