v. (past)
Cl past 2 sg. lanteʒ; Erk pp. lant; WA pp. lante
'gave, lent' (Modern English lend)
PGmc Ancestor
*laixwn-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
lána ‘to lend’
(ONP lána (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far læna, lána, Icel lána, Norw låna, Dan låne, Sw låna
OE Cognate
lǣnan ‘to lend’
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
CCC1a
MED records a handful of (mainly past tense) forms in lan- with no clear regional bias.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 2250; Cl 348; Erk 192, 272; WA 4328
This v. occurs otherwise in WA with spellings in <e>.