læne

Either inherited from Old Norse *hlina or borrowed from Middle Low German lēnen, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean”), cognate with English lean and German lehnen. In all these languages, the verb has merged with the causative *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). The verbs go back to (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “incomplete”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛːnə]

læne (imperative læn, infinitive at læne, present tense læner, past tense lænede, perfect tense lænet)

1. to lean

• hælde

• “læne” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• IPA^(key): /ˈlæː.ne/

lǣne

1. transitory, temporary, fleeting
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Hēr bið feoh lǣne, · hēr bið frēond lǣne,
     hēr bið mon lǣne, · hēr bið mǣġ lǣne;
     eal þis eorþan ġesteal · īdel weorþeð!

     Here money is fleeting, here friend is fleeting,
     here man is fleeting, here kinsman is fleeting;
     All this foundation of the Earth will be empty!

   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     Hēr ġeendode
     eorþan drēamas
     Ēadgār Engla cyning.
     Ċēas him ōþer lēoht,
     wlitiġ ⁊ wynsum,
     ⁊ þis wāce forlēt,
     līf þis lǣne.

     In this year ended
     the earthly merriments
     of King Edgar of the Angles.
     He chose the other light,
     beautiful and pleasant,
     and he left this poor,
     this fleeting life.

• lǣndagas

• lǣne in Old English Aerobics Glossary