lind

See also: Lind

English

Etymology

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindō. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnd/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

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 (aorist linda, participle lindur)

1. to give birth, bear (child)

Synonyms

• lej

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Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -end

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lind.

Adjective

lind

1. soft
2. thin

Inflection

Inflection of lind
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	lind	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	lindt	—	—2
Plural	linde	—	—2
Definite attributive1	linde	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind.

Noun

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

Inflection

Declension of lind

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

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Estonian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonnˈt, Mansi and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl`ind̥/, [ˈl`ind̥]
• IPA^(key): /ˈl`inʲd̥/, [ˈl`inʲd̥]

Noun

lind (genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German linde, from Old High German lind, lindi, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Compare English lithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/

• Audio:

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Adjective

lind (comparative linder, superlative am lindesten or am lindsten)

1. (archaic, poetic) mild; gentle

Derived terms

• gelinde
• lindern

Related terms

• Lindwurm

Further reading

• “lind” in Duden online

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Synonyms

• (spring): uppspretta, brunnur, vatnsrás

Derived terms

• auðlind (“natural resource”)
• gróðalind (“profit source”)
• olíulind (“oil source”)
• orkulind (“power source”)
• tekjulind (“source of income”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindō.

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

Synonyms

• (linden): linditré

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Livonian

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

lind

1. bird

Etymology 2

Likely from . i may be by analogy to "bird".

Alternative forms

• (Courland) lindõ

Verb

lind

1. (Salaca) to fly

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Ludian

Etymology

From .

Noun

lind

1. bird

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Middle English

Noun

lind (plural lyndes)

1. Alternative form of lynde.

References

• “lind(e, (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lindō, 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 (elátē, “spruce”), Albanian lis (“oak”) and lind (“vineyard's bud, sprout”), Russian луб (lub, “phloem”), Polish lęt (“a switch”), Lithuanian lentà (“plank”). See also līþe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lindō.

Noun

lind f

1. lime, linden (tree)
2. (poetic) linden shield, spear-shaft (weaponry or gear made from lime)

Declension

  Declension of lind (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lind	lindin	lindar	lindarnar
accusative	lind	lindina	lindar	lindarnar
dative	lind	lindinni	lindum	lindunum
genitive	lindar	lindarinnar	linda	lindanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: lind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lind
• Swedish: lind c
• Danish: lind c

References

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

lind c

1. linden tree

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Veps

Etymology

From .

Noun

lind

1. bird

Derived terms

• kagrlind
• kegonpaniilind
• kodalind
• käbulind
• pihl'lind
• rugižlind
• toroklind
• tähklind
• vagolind
• vilulind
• lindunpoigaine

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “птица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika