Lehen

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

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?

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

From Proto-Germanic *laihną.

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• Rhymes: -eːən

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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• “Lehen” in Duden online