# legende
## English
### Noun

legende (plural legendes)
* Obsolete spelling of legend.

### Anagrams

* gleened

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda.

#### Noun

legende c (singular definite legenden, plural indefinite legender)
* a legend
    en levende legende - a living legend

##### Related terms

* legendarisk

### Etymology 2

From the verb at lege.

#### Verb

legende
* present participle of at lege

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch legende, from Middle French legende, from Old French legende, from Latin legenda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌləˈɣɛn.də/, /ˌleːˈɣɛn.də/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: le‧gen‧de

### Noun

legende f (plural legenden or legendes, diminutive legendetje n)
* legend (fictional story based on oral tradition, possibly with a kernel of truth)

#### Derived terms

* dolkstootlegende

#### Related terms

* legenda
* legendair
* legendarisch

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈleːɡendə]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: le‧gen‧de

### Participle

legende
* inflection of legend:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leˈd͡ʒɛn.de/
* Rhymes: -ɛnde
* Hyphenation: le‧gèn‧de

### Noun

legende f pl
* plural of legenda

## Latin
### Participle

legende
* vocative masculine singular of legendus

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* legande, legant, legent

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /lɛːˈd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /ˈlɛːd͡ʒɛnd(ə)/, /-and(ə)/, /-ɛnt/

### Noun

legende (plural legendes)
* A hagiography (biography of a saint)
* A compendium of hagiographies
* A historical narrative (usually about an individual)

#### Descendants

* English: legend
* Scots: leegend

#### References

* “leǧende, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-30.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin legenda.

#### Noun

legende m (definite singular legenden, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)
* a legend
    en levende legende ― a living legend

##### Related terms

* legendarisk

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

legende
* present participle of lege

### References

* “legende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin legenda.

### Noun

legende f (definite singular legenda, indefinite plural legender, definite plural legendene)
* a legend
    ei levande legende - a living legend

#### Related terms

* legendarisk

### References

* “legende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin legenda.

### Noun

legende oblique singular, f (oblique plural legendes, nominative singular legende, nominative plural legendes)
* legend (story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events; in particular an account the life of a saint)

#### Descendants

* > French: légende (inherited)
* → Middle English: legende, legande, legant, legent
** English: legend
** Scots: leegend

### References

* legende on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Portuguese
### Verb

legende
* inflection of legendar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative