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

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Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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.

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lɛn˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lɛŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lɛŋ˦˥]

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”)