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[2] lenz (f.) ‘lance’: A loanword (cf. Lat. lancea ‘lance’), most likely a borrowing from Low German (cf. MLG lance, lense ‘lance’; see Falk 1914b, 75 and AEW: lenz). The word otherwise occurs once in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: lenz).