laun

See also: lăun

Gothic

Romanization

laun

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løyːn/

  Rhymes: -øyːn

Etymology 1

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

laun n pl

1. wages, salary
2. reward

Declension

declension of laun

n-s	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launin
dative	launum	laununum
genitive	launa	launanna

Synonyms

• (wages): kaup n

Derived terms

• launa

  launaður

  launa lambið gráa

• föst laun
• verðlaun

  verðlauna

  verðlaunaður

• launmorðingi

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

declension of laun

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

Related terms

• leyna
• leynd
• ljóna
• ljúga

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

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

laun n pl or f

1. reward, recompense

Declension

  Declension of laun, (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launin
dative	launum	laununum
genitive	launa	launanna

  Declension of laun (strong ō-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launina
dative	laun	launinni
genitive	launar	launarinnar

Descendants

• Icelandic: laun n pl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løn f, lønn f
• Swedish: lön c
• Danish: løn c
  • → Faroese: løn f

References

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

Etymology 2

Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

Noun

laun f

1. secrecy, concealment

Declension

  Declension of laun (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	laun	launin	launar	launarnar
accusative	laun	launina	launar	launarnar
dative	laun	launinni	launum	laununum
genitive	launar	launarinnar	launa	launanna

Derived terms

• launblót n (“secret worship of the gods”)
• laundyrr f pl (“secret doorway”)
• launfestar f pl (“secret betrothal”)
• launfundr m (“secret meeting”)
• laungetinn (“illegitimate, natural”, past participle)
• launkona f (“concubine”)
• launkoss m (“secret kiss”)
• launkárr (“dealing in secrets, mysterious”)
• launmaðr m (“a hidden (sham) person”)
• launmæli n pl (“hidden talk”)
• launráð n (“secret device”)
• launstefna f (“secret meeting”)
• launstigr m (“secret path”)
• launstuldr m (“stilfering, theft”)
• launsátt f (“secret agreement”)
• launsát f (“ambush”)
• launsætt f (“secret agreement”)
• launtal n (“secret talk”)
• launung f (“concealment, secrecy”)
• launvágr m (“hidden creek”)
• launvíg f (“secret manslaughter”)
• launþing n (“secret meeting”)

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: laun
• Norwegian Bokmål: (i lønn)

References

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

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Tolai

Verb

laun

1. to live