laun

See also: lăun

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 (láun). 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

wages, salary
reward

Declension

declension of laun

	indefinite	definite
n-s	plural
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launin
dative	launum	laununum
genitive	launa	launanna

Synonyms

(wages): kaup n

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.

Declension

declension of laun

	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launina
dative	laun	launinni
genitive	launar	launarinnar

Related terms

leyna
leynd
ljóna
ljúga

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

reward, recompense

Declension

Declension of laun, (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launin
dative	launum	laununum
genitive	launa	launanna

Declension of laun (strong ō-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
feminine	indefinite	definite
nominative	laun	launin
accusative	laun	launina
dative	laun	launinni
genitive	launar	launarinnar

Descendants

Icelandic: laun n pl
Norwegian Nynorsk: løn f, lønn f
Norwegian Bokmål: lønn m or f
Swedish: lön c
Danish: løn c
- → Faroese: løn f

References

laun in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

Noun

laun f

secrecy, concealment

Declension

Declension of laun (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	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

Icelandic: laun
Norwegian Bokmål: (i lønn)

References

laun in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Tolai

Verb

laun

to live