lynde

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English linde, lind.

Alternative forms

• lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn

Noun

lynde (plural lyndes)

1. Any of a number of trees of the genus Tilia; linden.
2. The wood of a linden tree.
3. (by extension) Any tree or woods.

Related terms

• linden

Descendants

• English: lind, lime
• Scots: lind, lynde, leind

References

• “lind(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

lynde

1. alternative form of lende

Etymology 3

Verb

lynde

1. alternative form of lenden (“to come, dwell”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

lynde n

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1981; superseded by lynne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lynde n (definite singular lyndet, indefinite plural lynde, definite plural lynda)

1. alternative spelling of lynne