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lyn
English
Etymology
See linn.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
lyn (plural lyns)
- Alternative form of linn (“waterfall”)
References
- lyn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse lyn, ultimately from the root of lys (“light, bright”) (Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly?n/, [ly??n]
Noun
lyn n (singular definite lynet, plural indefinite lyn)
- lightning
Inflection
Verb
lyn
- imperative of lyne
Further reading
- “lyn” in Den Danske Ordbog
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
lyn (uncountable)
- Alternative form of lyne
Etymology 2
Noun
lyn
- Alternative form of lynde
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna or lynene)
- (a flash of) lightning
Derived terms
- lynkrig
- lynnedslag
- lynrask
References
- “lyn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- ljon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly?n/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
lyn n (definite singular lynet, indefinite plural lyn, definite plural lyna)
- (a flash of) lightning
Derived terms
- lynkrig
- lynnedslag
- lynrask
References
- “lyn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scanian
Etymology
From Old Norse lyn, ultimately from the root of lys (“light, bright”) (Proto-Germanic *leuhsaz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l???n /
Noun
lyn n
- lightning
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /l??n/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /l?n/
Noun
lyn
- Soft mutation of glyn.
Mutation
Noun
lyn
- Soft mutation of llyn.
Mutation
West Frisian
Adverb
lyn
- ago
Further reading
- “lyn (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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layn
English
Verb
layn (third-person singular simple present layns, present participle layning, simple past and past participle layned)
- Alternative spelling of leyn
Anagrams
- Nyla
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