lind

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō.

Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

• IPA^(key): /lɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnd
• Homophone: lend (pin–pen merger)

lind (plural linds)

1. (obsolete) the lime tree, or linden tree

Whatever the origin, it undisputedly a parallel formation to lej (“to give birth; to be born”).^[1][2][3] Likely from Proto-Indo-European *li-né-d-ti ~ *li-n-d-énti, a nasal-infixed present from the root *leyd- (“to release”).^[1][2] Alternatively from the root *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”),^[3] though the formal composition is unclear.

lind (aorist linda, participle lindur)

1. (intransitive) to be born

   Synonyms: lej, lindem

2. (transitive) to give birth, bear (child)

   Synonym: lej

• Rhymes: -end

From Old Norse lind.

lind

1. soft
2. thin

From Old Norse lind.

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonnˈt, Northern Mansi лунт (lunt) and Hungarian lúd.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlind̥/, [ˈlʲind̥]
• Rhymes: -ind
• Hyphenation: lind

lind (genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

Declension of lind (ÕS type 22e/riik, d-n gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lind	linnud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	linnu
genitive			lindude
partitive		lindu	linde lindusid
illative		lindu linnusse	lindudesse linnesse
inessive		linnus	lindudes linnes
elative		linnust	lindudest linnest
allative		linnule	lindudele linnele
adessive		linnul	lindudel linnel
ablative		linnult	lindudelt linnelt
translative		linnuks	lindudeks linneks
terminative		linnuni	lindudeni
essive		linnuna	lindudena
abessive		linnuta	lindudeta
comitative		linnuga	lindudega

• lind in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

• linde (obsolete)

From Middle High German lint, linde, from Old High German lind, lindi, from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Cognate with English lithe.

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/

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lind (strong nominative masculine singular linder, comparative linder, superlative am lindesten or (poetic) am lindsten)

1. (literary of weather phenomena, otherwise archaic, poetic) mild, gentle

   Synonyms: lau, mild, sacht, sanft

   ein linder Sommerwind ― a balmy summer wind

   • 1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern […] [The World of Yesterday]‎^[2]:

     […] es war lind, hier zu leben, in dieser Atmosphäre geistiger Konzilianz, und unbewußt wurde jeder Bürger dieser Stadt zum Übernationalen, zum Kosmopolitischen, zum Weltbürger erzogen.

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• gelinde
• lindern

• Lindwurm

• “lind” in Duden online
• “lind” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Probably related to sense 2 (“linden tree”)

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

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

   Synonyms: uppspretta, brunnur, vatnsrás

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

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

   Synonym: linditré

• The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. (1934). United States: Journal Publishing Company, p. 93

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

lind

1. bird

Likely from Proto-Finnic *lentädäk. i may be by analogy to "bird".

• lindõ (Courland)

lind

1. (Salaca) to fly

From Proto-Finnic *lintu. Cognates include Finnish lintu and Veps lind.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲind/
• Rhymes: -ind
• Hyphenation: lind

lind

1. bird

Declension of lind (Type 6/koiv, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	lind	lindud
genitive	lindun	linduiden
partitive	lindud	linduid
illative	linduh	linduihe
inessive	lindus	linduiš
elative	linduspiä	linduišpiä
allative	lindule	linduile
adessive	lindul	linduil
ablative	lindulpiä	linduilpiä
translative	linduks	linduikš
essive	lindun	linduin
abessive	linduta	linduita
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 205
• M. Pahomov (2022) “lind”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[3], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 93

lind (lyndes)

1. alternative form of lynde

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

lind f or m (definite singular linda or linden, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

• “lind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

lind f (definite singular linda, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

• “lind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *lindu, from Proto-Germanic *lindō.

• IPA^(key): /lind/

lind f (nominative plural linde)

1. lime, linden
2. (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)

Strong ō-stem:

• lindhæbbend
• lindplega

• Middle English: lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn
  • English: lind, lime
  • Scots: lind, lynde, leind

From Proto-Celtic *lindos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leyH- (“to flow”). The two differently-inflecting nouns are closely related, but their morphologies are mysterious.^[1]

lind f (genitive linde)

1. a body of water: pool, lake
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 102^a2

     .i. lind te

     i.e. hot pool [The glossator having misunderstood Latin termes (“branch”) as being related to therma (“hot bath”)]

lind n (genitive lenda)

1. drink
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7^d9

     […] hi sunt tra ↄricc frissa lind serb in chúrsactha, lase fo·ruillecta beóil in chalich di mil cosse anall […]

     […] Herein, then, he comes into contact with the bitter drink of the reproval, when the lips of the chalice have hitherto been smeared with honey […]

   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 6, pages 115-179:

     […] céne con·n-oither mo thimnasa insin purt-sa, nícon·ibthar lind dermait dé and.

     […] as long as my rules are upheld in this place, liquor that leads to us forgetting about God are not to be drunk.

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 73^a8

     lind ― glosses Latin liquamen (“drink”)

2. liquid
   • c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 88, pages 115-179:

     Acht is mí-chumne spiride fri télach neich din imarcraid lenda bís isind churp.

     But it is an evil recollection of the spirit, accompanying a discharge of some of the excess liquid that is usually in the body.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 129^d13-14

     ibthecha .i. it mathi inna ganema oc oul ind lenda.

     absorbent, i.e. the sands are good at absorbing the liquid.

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 linn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Germanic *lindō.

lind f

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

• lindi

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lind”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Middle Low German linde, from Old Saxon *lindi, a Frankish-influenced byform of līthi, from Proto-West Germanic *linþ(ī).

lind

1. mild, soft
2. lenient

Inherited from Old Swedish lind, from Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lindō.

• IPA^(key): /lɪnd/

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lind c

1. linden tree

• parklind
• skogslind

• lind in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• lind in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

lind

1. bird

Inflection of lind (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	lind
genitive sing.	lindun
partitive sing.	lindud
partitive plur.	linduid
	singular	plural
nominative	lind	lindud
accusative	lindun	lindud
genitive	lindun	linduiden
partitive	lindud	linduid
essive-instructive	lindun	linduin
translative	linduks	linduikš
inessive	lindus	linduiš
elative	linduspäi	linduišpäi
illative	linduhu	linduihe
adessive	lindul	linduil
ablative	lindulpäi	linduilpäi
allative	lindule	linduile
abessive	linduta	linduita
comitative	lindunke	linduidenke
prolative	lindudme	linduidme
approximative I	lindunno	linduidenno
approximative II	lindunnoks	linduidennoks
egressive	lindunnopäi	linduidennopäi
terminative I	linduhusai	linduihesai
terminative II	lindulesai	linduilesai
terminative III	lindussai	—
additive I	linduhupäi	linduihepäi
additive II	lindulepäi	linduilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “птица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika