læne

Danish

Etymology

Either inherited from Old Norse *hlina or borrowed from Middle Low German lēnen, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean”), cognate with English lean and German lehnen. In all these languages, the verb has merged with the causative *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). The verbs go back to

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛːnə]

Verb

læne (imperative læn, infinitive at læne, present tense læner, past tense lænede, perfect tense har lænet)

  1. to lean

References

Old English

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlæː.ne/

Adjective

læne

  1. transitory

Declension
Declension of lǣne — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣne lǣnu, lǣno lǣne
Accusative lǣnne lǣne lǣne
Genitive lǣnes lǣnre lǣnes
Dative lǣnum lǣnre lǣnum
Instrumental lǣne lǣnre lǣne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣne lǣna, lǣne lǣnu, lǣno
Accusative lǣne lǣna, lǣne lǣnu, lǣno
Genitive lǣnra lǣnra lǣnra
Dative lǣnum lǣnum lǣnum
Instrumental lǣnum lǣnum lǣnum
Declension of lǣne — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣna lǣne lǣne
Accusative lǣnan lǣnan lǣne
Genitive lǣnan lǣnan lǣnan
Dative lǣnan lǣnan lǣnan
Instrumental lǣnan lǣnan lǣnan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lǣnan lǣnan lǣnan
Accusative lǣnan lǣnan lǣnan
Genitive lǣnra, lǣnena lǣnra, lǣnena lǣnra, lǣnena
Dative lǣnum lǣnum lǣnum
Instrumental lǣnum lǣnum lǣnum

Derived terms

References
  • lǣne in Old English Aerobics Glossary
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