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Old English · noun

lean

Normalised lēan

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/læ͜ɑːn/
Syllables
læ͜ɑːn (1 syllable)
Modern English
reward

lean1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. reward

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of lean
SingularPlural
Nominative lēanlēan
Accusative lēanlēan
Genitive lēaneslēana
Dative lēanelēanum

lean2 · verb

Senses

  1. to blame, fault, reproach

Conjugation

Conjugation of lean
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular lēalōglōh
2nd singular liehstlōge
3rd singular liehþlōglōh
Plural lēaþlōgon
Subjunctive
Singular lēalōge
Plural lēanlōgen
Non-finite forms of lean
Form
Infinitive lēan
Inflected infinitive lēanne
Imperative singular leah
Imperative plural lēaþ
Present participle lēande
Past participle leġenġeleġenlagenġelagen

All forms (21)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laun. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian lān, Old Saxon lōn, Old High German lōn, Old Norse laun, and Gothic (laun). 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.

From Proto-West Germanic *lahan. Cognate with Old Saxon lahan, Old High German lahan, Old Norse lá, Gothic (laian).

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