læsa
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Faroese lás).
Verb
editlæsa (third person singular past indicative læsti, third person plural past indicative læstu, supine læst)
- to lock, padlock
- to hook together, join together
- to drop stitches, cast off, finish off
- to bite, hold tightly
- to sink one's claws
Conjugation
editConjugation of læsa (group v-2) | ||
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infinitive | læsa | |
supine | læst | |
participle (a39)1 | læsandi | læstur |
present | past | |
first singular | læsi | læsti |
second singular | læsir | læsti |
third singular | læsir | læsti |
plural | læsa | læstu |
imperative | ||
singular | læs! | |
plural | læsið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Icelandic lás).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editlæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative læsti, supine læst)
- to lock
Conjugation
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
edit- læse (with e- or split infinitive)
Etymology
editFrom Old Norse læsa. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect, although today is more common in the mountain areas.
Verb
editlæsa (present tense læser, past tense læste, past participle læst, passive infinitive læsast, present participle læsande, imperative læs)
Related terms
edit- lås m (“lock”)
Anagrams
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom láss (“lock”).
Verb
editlæsa
- to lock
Conjugation
editThis entry needs an inflection-table template.
infinitive | læsa | |
---|---|---|
present participle | læsandi | |
past participle | læstr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | læsi | læsta |
2nd-person singular | læsir | læstir |
3rd-person singular | læsir | læsti |
1st-person plural | læsum | læstum |
2nd-person plural | læsið | læstuð |
3rd-person plural | læsa | læstu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | læsa | læsta |
2nd-person singular | læsir | læstir |
3rd-person singular | læsi | læsti |
1st-person plural | læsim | læstim |
2nd-person plural | læsið | læstið |
3rd-person plural | læsi | læsti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | læs, læsi | |
1st-person plural | læsum | |
2nd-person plural | læsið |
infinitive | læsask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | læsandisk | |
past participle | læszk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | læsumk | læstumk |
2nd-person singular | læsisk | læstisk |
3rd-person singular | læsisk | læstisk |
1st-person plural | læsumsk | læstumsk |
2nd-person plural | læsizk | læstuzk |
3rd-person plural | læsask | læstusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | læsumk | læstumk |
2nd-person singular | læsisk | læstisk |
3rd-person singular | læsisk | læstisk |
1st-person plural | læsimsk | læstimsk |
2nd-person plural | læsizk | læstizk |
3rd-person plural | læsisk | læstisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | læssk, læsisk | |
1st-person plural | læsumsk | |
2nd-person plural | læsizk |
Descendants
editThere also exists another form, in Swedish låsa, Norwegian låse and låsa, Danish låse, which is an alteration influenced by (or a younger derivation of) lås (Old Norse láss), and this has in Mainland Scandinavian mostly replaced the form with æ/ä.
Anagrams
editOld Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Verb
editlæsa
Conjugation
editpresent | past | ||||
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infinitive | lǣsa | — | |||
participle | lǣsandi, lǣsande | lǣsin | |||
active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | lǣs | lǣsi, lǣse | — | las | lāsi, lāse |
þū | lǣs | lǣsi, lǣse | lǣs | last | lāsi, lāse |
han | lǣs | lǣsi, lǣse | — | las | lāsi, lāse |
vīr | lǣsum, lǣsom | lǣsum, lǣsom | lǣsum, lǣsom | lāsum, lāsom | lāsum, lāsom |
īr | lǣsin | lǣsin | lǣsin | lāsin | lāsin |
þēr | lǣsa | lǣsin | — | lāsu, lāso | lāsin |
mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | lǣs | lǣsis, lǣses | — | las | lāsis, lāses |
þū | lǣs | lǣsis, lǣses | — | lasts | lāsis, lāses |
han | lǣs | lǣsis, lǣses | — | las | lāsis, lāses |
vīr | lǣsums, -oms | lǣsums, lǣsoms | — | lāsums, lāsoms | lāsums, lāsoms |
īr | lǣsins | lǣsins | — | lāsins | lāsins |
þēr | lǣsas | lǣsins | — | lāsus, lāsos | lāsins |
Descendants
edit- Swedish: läsa
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese verbs
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːsa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːsa/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-2012 forms
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs
- Old Norse class 1 weak long-stem verbs
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Swedish lemmas
- Old Swedish verbs
- Old Swedish strong verbs