lenda

Estonian

Verb

lenda

1. inflection of lendama:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lenda, derived from the noun land.

Verb

lenda (third person singular past indicative lendi, third person plural past indicative lent, supine lent)

1. (nautical) to land
2. (aviation) to land

Conjugation

Conjugation of lenda (group v-5)

infinitive	lenda
supine	lent
	present	past
first singular	lendi	lendi
second singular	lendir	lendi
third singular	lendir	lendi
plural	lenda	lendu
participle (a7)1	lendandi	lendur
	imperative
singular	lend!
plural	lendið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• koma til lands, leggja at (landi)
• koma niður á flogvøllin, seta seg (á flogvøllin)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leenda (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of legō (“I read”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlendɐ]

Noun

lenda f (plural lendas)

1. legend (story describing extraordinary events)
   • 2006, Xosé Manuel González Reboredo, Lendas galegas de tradición oral, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 27:

     En Galicia contamos cun importante testemuño literario deste asunto na lenda da traslación dos restos do apóstolo Santiago, recollida no libro III do Codex Calixtinus, redactado no século XII.

     In Galicia we have an important literary account on this matter: the legend of the translation of the remains of the apostle Saint James, collected in the third book of the Codex Calixtinus, written during the 12th century.

   Synonyms: conto, mito, fábula

2. legend (person of extraordinary accomplishment)

   Synonym: mito

3. legend (an inscription, motto, or title)

   Synonym: inscrición

4. (archaic) writing system, script
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Glosario. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 652:

     Et fezomj Deus tãta merçee et deumj tal engeno et tã sotil que aprendj aliamja et toda a leenda dos mouros

     And God made so much grace and gave me such an inteligence and [made me] so cunning that I learned aljamiado and all the script of the Moors

Derived terms

• lenda urbana

Related terms

• lendario

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “leenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “leenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lenda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lenda, derived from the noun land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛnta/

  Rhymes: -ɛnta

Verb

lenda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lenti, supine lent)

1. to land

Conjugation

lenda – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lenda
supine sagnbót		lent
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		lendandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lendi	lenti		lendi	lenti
	þú	lendir	lentir		lendir	lentir
	hann, hún, það	lendir	lenti		lendi	lenti
plural	við	lendum	lentum		lendum	lentum
	þið	lendið	lentuð		lendið	lentuð
	þeir, þær, þau	lenda	lentu		lendi	lentu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lend (þú), lentu
plural	þið	lendið (þið), lendiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lentur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lentur	lent	lent	lentir	lentar	lent
accusative (þolfall)	lentan	lenta	lent	lenta	lentar	lent
dative (þágufall)	lentum	lentri	lentu	lentum	lentum	lentum
genitive (eignarfall)	lents	lentrar	lents	lentra	lentra	lentra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lenti	lenta	lenta	lentu	lentu	lentu
accusative (þolfall)	lenta	lentu	lenta	lentu	lentu	lentu
dative (þágufall)	lenta	lentu	lenta	lentu	lentu	lentu
genitive (eignarfall)	lenta	lentu	lenta	lentu	lentu	lentu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lenda n

1. definite plural of lende

Old Frisian

Verb

lenda

1. to finish

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leenda, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of Latin legō (“to read”). Doublet of legenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.dɐ/

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: len‧da

Noun

lenda f (plural lendas)

1. legend
   1. story describing extraordinary events

      Synonyms: conto, mito, fábula

   2. person of extraordinary accomplishment

      Synonyms: fenómeno, mito

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lenda.

Derived terms

• lenda urbana

Related terms

• legenda
• legendário
• lendário
• ler