laun
Gothic
Romanization
laun
- romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽
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 (plural only, genitive plural launa)
Declension
| plural | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | laun | launin |
| accusative | laun | launin |
| dative | launum | laununum |
| genitive | launa | launanna |
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)
- 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.
- Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | laun | launin |
| accusative | laun | launina |
| dative | laun | launinni |
| genitive | launar | launarinnar |
Related terms
Maguindanao
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun, compare Malay daun.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /ˈlaun/ [ˈɭau̯ɳ]
- Rhymes: -aun
- Syllabification: laun
Noun
laun
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
Declension
| neuter | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | laun | launin |
| accusative | laun | launin |
| dative | launum | laununum |
| genitive | launa | launanna |
| feminine | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | laun | launin |
| accusative | laun | launina |
| dative | laun | launinni |
| genitive | launar | launarinnar |
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Etymology 2
Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.
Noun
laun f
Declension
| 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”)
- launsát f (“ambush”)
- launsátt f (“secret agreement”)
- 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
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Tolai
Verb
laun
- to live