Gothic

Romanization

laun

1. 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 *leh₂u- ‎(“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

1. wages, salary
2. reward

Declension

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)

1. 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

Related terms

• leyna
• leynd
• ljóna
• ljúga

Tolai

Verb

laun

1. to live