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linnan

linnan

Finnish

Noun

linnan

  1. Genitive singular form of linna.

Old English

Verb

linnan

  1. to stop, cease from, desist, quit, forlet
  2. to lose; (ones life) yield up, surrender
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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *linnaną ‎(“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- ‎(“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”). Cognate with Old High German bilinnan ‎(“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna ‎(“to stop, rest”), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 ‎(aflinnan, “to go away”).

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