lend – English noun declension

English noun forms of lend

Noun: lend
Singularlend
Plurallends

Sample Sentences

  • “But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.” [c. 1800s, Arthur McBride, version from 2012, Dick Sheridan, Irish Songs for Ukulele (Songbook), Hal Leonard Corporation]
  • Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month. [1866, Walkden, Diary, 6]
  • However, Weldon would soon note his declining potato yield, and his suspicions were confirmed one night when he confronted Joe with a jumper full of spuds. Somehow, Joe managed to talk his way out of trouble. 'I told him I was getting the lend of them,' Joe laughed. It wasn't only vegetables that were targeted, though. For generations of children who grew up on ... [2008, Ronan Casey, Joe Dolan: The Official Biography, Penguin UK, →ISBN:]
  • Our thanks go to Diran Adebayo for his support, especially his lend of Everything You're Told Is True, to the website. It has been an honour to host […] [2010, One Million Stories Creative Writing Project 2009 Anthology, →ISBN, page 10:]
  • “Give these to your dad, Betsy, tell him thanks for the lend of them. I'm leaving next week, Betsy.” “Really, where are you going?” Betsy played dumb. [2016, Mary Peters, Betsy, The Coalminer's Daughter, New Generation Publishing, →ISBN:]

Etymology

1. From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).
2. Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan. See: Old English Nouns 'lǣnan', Icelandic Nouns 'lána', Icelandic Nouns 'léna', Latin Nouns 'linquō'.

Verbs referencing "lend"

English Nouns loin, Swedish Nouns länd, Danish Nouns lænd.