lyne

== English == === Noun === lyne (countable and uncountable, plural lynes) Obsolete form of line (“path, rope, etc.”). Alternative form of line (“(obsolete) flax, linen”). === Anagrams === -enyl, enyl, leyn == Danish == === Etymology === See lyn (“lightning”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lyːnə/, [ˈlyːnə] === Verb === lyne (imperative lyn, infinitive at lyne, present tense lyner, past tense lynede, perfect tense er/har lynet) zip (to close with a zip fastener) lighten, lightning (to produce lightning) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === lyn, line, lin, lynye, lyny === Etymology 1 === From Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /liːn/, /lin/ Rhymes: -iːn ==== Noun ==== lyne (uncountable) A plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fibers of Linum usitatissimum, grown and spun for use in textiles. Cloth woven from flax; linen. ===== Synonyms ===== flex ===== Descendants ===== English: line, linseed (in compound with seed) Yola: leen ==== References ==== “lī̆n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 April 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== lyne alternative form of loyne (“loins”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== lyne alternative form of lynnen === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== lyne alternative form of lynde === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== lyne alternative form of linnen == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²lyː.nə/ === Etymology 1 === From lyn n (“lightning”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ljona, lyna ==== Verb ==== lyne (present tense lyner, past tense lynte, past participle lynt, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyn) (impersonal, intransitive) to produce lightning (intransitive) to emit one or more flashes, to gleam (intransitive, of eyes, idiomatic) to light up (in rage) (intransitive) to flash; to move very fast === Etymology 2 === From the adjective ly (“lew, tepid”). ==== Alternative forms ==== lyna ==== Verb ==== lyne (present tense lynar, past tense lyna, past participle lyna, passive infinitive lynast, present participle lynande, imperative lyne/lyn) (ergative) to lew === References === “lyne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “lyne” in The Ordnett Dictionary === Anagrams === ylen