lén

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lén n

  1. genitive plural of léno

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lén.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lén n (genitive singular léns, nominative plural lén)

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

Declension

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    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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German lehen, from Proto-Germanic *laihną (loan, fief), whence also the native doublet lán. Related to ljá.

Noun

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lén n

  1. fief, fee
  2. royal grant or emoulement
  3. royal revenue
  4. share of good things

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lén
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: len
  • Norwegian Bokmål: len
  • Swedish: län
  • Danish: len

References

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  • lén in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Vietnamese

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Adverb

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lén (, , , , , 𥌦, 𨇍, 𨖲)

  1. stealthily; covertly; secretly; surreptitiously

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Verb

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lén

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