# lende
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* lend m — dialectal, earlier form
* len, land — Gheg
* lënde, lëndë — Tosk
* linde — Gjirokastër
* lëndre — Arvanitika
* vlendë — dialectal

### Etymology

Uncertain. The original form was likely lend m and lende arose as a back-formation from its plural. The variant with vl- is almost certainly secondary.
* Akin to other Indo-European terms for “lentil”, such as Latin lēns, lentis, Lithuanian lę̃šis, German Linse, though the ultimate origin is unclear.
* Borrowed from Vulgar Latin glāns, glandis (“acorn”), whence actually gjëndër (“gland”), although the initial l- would be left unexplained.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlende/
* Rhymes: -ende

### Noun

lende f (plural lende, definite lendja, definite plural lendet)
* acorn
    Synonym: gogël
* cone (conifer fruit)
    Synonym: boçe

### References

* ↑ Çabej, Eqrem (1964) “Studime rreth etimologjisë së gjuhës shqipe XIII”, in Studime filologjike‎ (in Albanian), number 2, page 21
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lend”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 218
* ↑ Miklosich, Franz (1871) “384. glans”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 30
* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “ľɛnde”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 243
* “lénd/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 963b
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “lênd […] lênde”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 241a
* Chekrezi, C. A. (1923) “acorn”, in English–Albanian Dictionary, Boston, page 2a
* Leotti, Angelo (1916) “len”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 110
* Weigand, Gustav (1914) “len”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 47a
* Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “λϳε̯νdε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 203
* Jungg, G. (1895) “lenn”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 68b
* Rossi, F. (1875) “lènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 731ab
* Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 29: “glans, ghianda — lend”

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: len‧de

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lenden, from Old Dutch lendin, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄.

#### Noun

lende f (plural lenden or lendenen, diminutive lendetje n)
* loin, bottom part of the back
* flank, side

##### Derived terms

* kruislenden
* lamlenden
* lamlendig
* langlenden
* lendeader, lendenader
* lendeband, lendenband
* lendebloed, lendenbloed
* lendebraadje, lendenbraadje
* lendebreukig, lendenbreukig
* lendebroek, lendenbroek
* lendedarm, lendendarm
* lendedarmspier, lendendarmspier
* lendegedeelte, lendengedeelte
* lendegeschot, lendengeschot
* lendegordel, lendengordel
* lendekruid, lendenkruid
* lendekruis, lendenkruis
* lendekussen, lendenkussen
* lendelam, lendenlam
* lendelamheid, lendenlamheid
* lendeleuning, lendenleuning
* lendeloos, lendenloos
* lendemerg, lendenmerg
* lendendoek
* lendepijn, lendenpijn
* lendeplaaster, lendenplaaster
* lenderbraaien
* lenderekking, lendenrekking
* lendeslagader, lendenslagader
* lendeslepend, lendenslepend
* lendespier, lendenspier
* lendesteen, lendensteen
* lendestreek, lendenstreek
* lendestuk, lendenstuk
* lendetyphus, lendentyphus
* lendevang, lendenvang
* lendevlecht, lendenvlecht
* lendevlees, lendenvlees
* lendevuur, lendenvuur
* lendewater, lendenwater
* lendewee, lendenwee
* lendewervel, lendenwervel
* lendewervelkolom, lendenwervelkolom
* lendewortel, lendenwortel
* lendezak, lendenzak
* lendezeel, lendenzeel
* lendezenuw, lendenzenuw
* lendeziekte, lendenziekte
* lendezucht, lendenzucht
* lendezweer, lendenzweer
* osselende
* slaplende
* sleeplende, sleeplenden

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: lende
* Skepi Creole Dutch: lent

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lende, shortening of *gelende, an unattested variant form of gelande, from lant (“land”).

#### Noun

lende m (plural lenden or lendenen, diminutive lendetje n)
* fellow countryman
* (close) neighbour

##### Synonyms

* aangelande
* gebuur, buur

### Anagrams

* delen, leden

## Estonian
### Noun

lende
* partitive plural of lend
    Synonym: lendusid

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English lendenu, lendinu pl, from Proto-Germanic *landijō, *landį̄, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.
Cognate with Dutch lendenen pl (“loins”), German Lende (“haunch, loin”), Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Icelandic lend (“loin”). More at loin.

#### Alternative forms

* leend, leende, lynde

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈleːnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛnd(ə)/

#### Noun

lende (plural lendes or lenden or lende)
* (often in the plural) The (human) loins or their muscles.
* The bottom portion of the torso.
* The buttocks; the bottom.
* (rare) The kidneys.

##### Descendants

* English: lend
* Scots: lend, leynd

#### References

* “lē̆nd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lende
* Alternative form of lenden (“to come, to dwell”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the noun land.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²lɛndə/, /²lɛnːə/

### Noun

lende n (definite singular lendet, indefinite plural lende, definite plural lenda)
* terrain

### References

* “lende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.