læsa
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Faroese lás).
Verb edit
læsa (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 edit
Conjugation 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Icelandic lás).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
læsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative læsti, supine læst)
- to lock
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- læse (with e- or split infinitive)
Etymology edit
Verb edit
læsa (present tense læser, past tense læste, past participle læst, passive infinitive læsast, present participle læsande, imperative læs)
Related terms edit
- lås m (“lock”)
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From láss (“lock”).
Verb edit
læsa
- to lock
Conjugation edit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
infinitive | læsa | |
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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 | |
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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 edit
There also exists another form, in Swedish låsa, Norwegian låse and låsa, which is an alteration influenced by (or a younger derivation of) lås (Old Norse láss), and this has in Swedish and Norwegian mostly replaced the form with æ/ä. Same goes with modern Danish låse.
Anagrams edit
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.
Verb edit
læsa
Conjugation edit
present | 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