English

Proper noun

Lind

1. A surname​.

Danish

Etymology

From lind ‎(“linden tree”).

Proper noun

Lind

1. A surname​.

Faroese

Proper noun

Lind

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Lind: Lindarson
• daughter of Lind: Lindardóttir

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From lind ‎(“linden tree”).

Proper noun

Lind

1. A surname​.

Related terms

• Lindahl
• Lindberg
• Lindgren
• Lindqvist
• Lindström
• Linné
• Linnaeus

English

Noun

lind ‎(plural linds)

1. (obsolete) the lime tree, or linden tree

Albanian

Etymology

Nasal present of lej. From Proto-Albanian *(a)liienT-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, feed’. Possibly, an original present participle. Compare Old English leodan, Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Old Norse loðenn 'to grow', lind ‎(“wellspring”).

Verb

lind ‎(first-person singular past tense linda, participle lindur)

1. to give birth, bear (child)

Synonyms

• lej

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse linr.

Adjective

lind

1. soft
2. thin

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind.

Noun

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonn't, and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lˈind̥/

Noun

lind ‎(genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

lind ‎(comparative linder, superlative am lindsten)

1. mild
2. gentle

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪnt/

  Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

lind f ‎(genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. spring
2. lime, linden (Tilia)

Declension

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lindō, from Proto-Indo-European *lent- ‎(“tree with supple branches; supple”). Cognate with Old Saxon lindia, Middle Dutch linde (Dutch linde), Old High German linta (German Linde), Old Norse lind (Swedish lind); and, from Indo-European, with Latin lentus ‎(“supple”), Ancient Greek ἐλάτη ‎(elátē, “spruce”), Albanian lis ‎(“oak”) and lind ‎(“vineyard's bud, sprout”), Russian луб ‎(lub, “phloem”), Polish lęt ‎(“a switch”), Lithuanian lentà ‎(“plank”). See also līþe.

Pronunciation

Noun

lind f ‎(nominative plural linde)

1. lime, linden
2. (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)

Derived terms

• lindhæbbend

Descendants

• English: lind

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

lind c

1. linden tree

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Inflection

Derived terms

• kagrlind
• kegonpaniilind
• kodalind
• käbulind
• pihl'lind
• rugižlind
• toroklind
• tähklind
• vagolind
• vilulind
• lindunpoigaine

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “птица”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika