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Lehen

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Basque

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /lehen/ [le.hẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /len/ [lẽn]
  • Rhymes: -ehen
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Hyphenation: Le‧hen

Proper noun

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Lehen anim

  1. A mythological sea serpent.
    • 1834, Agosti Xaho, Azti-Beguia:
      Orhit düzia Lehen-Süge hura ikhusirik, jinkoilluaren harra bere khokotsian bezala, bere egongiak lürpian edo ifernietan obratzen []
      You who saw the snake Lehen, do you remember how it built its underground residence [] like a male butterfly its cocoon?

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German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *laihną.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːən

Noun

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Lehen n (strong, genitive Lehens, plural Lehen)

  1. feud or fief (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord)

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