See also: laesa and läsa

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)

  1. to lock, padlock
  2. to hook together, join together
  3. to drop stitches, cast off, finish off
  4. to bite, hold tightly
  5. to sink one's claws

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of læsa (group v-2)
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

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaiːsa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aiːsa

Verb edit

læsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative læsti, supine læst)

  1. to lock

Conjugation edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Anagrams edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
The inscription on the door in a gasoline station says: Hold the door closed

Alternative forms edit

  • læse (with e- or split infinitive)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse læsa.

Verb edit

læsa (present tense læser, past tense læste, past participle læst, passive infinitive læsast, present participle læsande, imperative læs)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of låsa

Related terms edit

  • lås m (lock)

Anagrams edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From láss (lock).

Verb edit

læsa

  1. to lock

Conjugation edit

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: læsa
  • Faroese: læsa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: læse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: læsa, læse (defunct)
  • Old Swedish: læse
    • Swedish: läsa (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: læse

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

  1. to collect, gather
  2. to read

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit