# laun
## Gothic
### Romanization

laun
* Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /løyːn/
    Rhymes: -øyːn

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse laun, from Proto-Germanic *launą, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“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 (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.

#### Noun

laun n pl (plural only, genitive plural launa)
* wages, salary
    Synonym: kaup
* reward

##### 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)
* 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.

##### Related terms

* leyna
* leynd
* ljóna
* ljúga

## Maguindanao
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun, compare Malay daun.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA: /ˈlaun/ [ˈɭau̯ɳ]
* Rhymes: -aun
* Syllabification: laun

### Noun

laun
* leaf

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *launą n. The mixing of the neuter plural and feminine singular is also seen in lǫg n pl or f (“law”).

#### Noun

laun n pl or f
* reward, recompense

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: laun n pl
* Norwegian: læn, læ (dialectal)
* Swedish: lön c
* Danish: løn c
** Norwegian Bokmål: lønn m or f
*** → Norwegian Nynorsk: lønn f
** → Faroese: løn f
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: løn f

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 2

Related to leyna. From Proto-Germanic *laugnō.

#### Noun

laun f
* secrecy, concealment

##### Derived terms

* launblót n (“secret worship of the gods”)
* laundyrr f pl (“secret doorway”)
* launfestar f pl (“secret betrothal”)
* launfundr m (“secret meeting”)
* laungetinn (“illegitimate, natural”, past participle)
* launkona f (“concubine”)
* launkoss m (“secret kiss”)
* launkárr (“dealing in secrets, mysterious”)
* launmaðr m (“a hidden (sham) person”)
* launmæli n pl (“hidden talk”)
* launráð n (“secret device”)
* launstefna f (“secret meeting”)
* launstigr m (“secret path”)
* launstuldr m (“stilfering, theft”)
* launsát f (“ambush”)
* launsátt f (“secret agreement”)
* launsætt f (“secret agreement”)
* launtal n (“secret talk”)
* launung f (“concealment, secrecy”)
* launvágr m (“hidden creek”)
* launvíg f (“secret manslaughter”)
* launþing n (“secret meeting”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: laun
* Norwegian Bokmål: (i lønn)
* Swedish: i lönn (“in secret”), lönn- (“secret”)

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “laun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Tolai
### Verb

laun
* to live