Lunden

Borrowed from German Lunden.

Lunden

1. A municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Lunden n (proper noun, genitive Lundens or (optionally with an article) Lunden)

1. Lunden (a municipality of Dithmarschen district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Lunden

1. dative plural of Lund

Lunden

1. alternative form of London

• *ᛚᚢᚾᛞᛖᚾ (*lunden)

Together with Middle Welsh Llundein cannot be directly from Latin Londinium, which would yield *Lynden via i-mutation. But both may continue Vulgar Latin *Lundeinju (Late British Latin) if the medial -i- of the original word was short.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlun.den/

Lunden f

1. London
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     Þā æfter him feng Mellitus to erċebisċopdōme þe ǣr wæs bisċop on Lundene...Ðā æfter feng tō þām erċebisċopdōme Iūstus...

     Then after him Mellitus, who was previously bishop of London, ascended to the archbishopdom..then afterwards Justus ascended to the archbishopdom.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Efficacy of the Holy Mass"

     Sē ealdormann sealde hine sumum Frīsan of Lundene.

     The aldorman sold him to a Frisian from London.

Strong ō-stem:

• Lundenburg
• Lundenċeaster
• Lundentūn
• Lundenwīċ

• Lundene bryċġ
• Lundenisċ
• Lundenwaran
• Lundenwaru
• Lundenweġ

• Middle English: Lunden, London
  • English: London
    • Norwegian Bokmål: London
• → Latin: Lundonia
• →? Old French: Londres, Londrez
  • Middle French: Londres
    • French: Londres (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: Londres
    • Galician: Londres
    • Portuguese: Londres