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valen

1. third-person plural present indicative of valer
2. third-person plural present indicative of valdre

Of unknown origin. Compare Middle Low German welen (“to wither, thaw”), German welk (“withered”) and Swedish valhänt.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvæːlən]

valen (neuter valent, plural and definite singular attributive valne)

1. indolent, passive, lazy

   Synonyms: lunken, passiv

2. numb, stiff, limp (due to coldness etc.)

• valenhed

• “valen” in Den Danske Ordbog

valen

1. third-person plural present indicative of valer
2. inflection of valar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

• vale, vayle

Either from Anglo-Norman valer or an apheretic form of avalen. Equivalent to vale +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːlən/

valen (rare)

1. To (cause to) sink or drop.
2. To lower as a sign of deference.
3. (figurative) To reduce in rank.

• English: vail
• Scots: vail (obsolete)

• “vālen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Latin valēns, valentem.

valen m or f (plural valens)

1. valiant; chivalrous; knightly
   • 13^th Century, Guillem Ramon de Gironella, Partiment:

     d'una pros dona valen

     of a brave, valliant woman

• Occitan: valent

valen

1. third-person plural present indicative of valer

valen

1. definite singular of val c (“whale”)
2. definite plural of val n (“choice; election”)

• alven, elvan, laven, navel