See also: luta

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse lúta, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną.

Verb edit

lúta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative laut, third-person plural past indicative lutu, supine lotið)

  1. (transitive) bow
  2. submit to
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

First attested in the 17th century. Borrowed from Danish lut, from Middle Low German lute, from Italian liuto, from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, wood).

Noun edit

lúta f (genitive singular lútu, nominative plural lútur)

  1. lute
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

From lútur (lye).

Verb edit

lúta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lútaði, supine lútað)

  1. to apply lye to
Conjugation edit

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *lūtaną.

Verb edit

lúta (singular past indicative laut, plural past indicative lutu, past participle lotinn)

  1. to lout, bow down
  2. to bow to in homage or worship
  3. to give away, yield
    hinir lægri verða at lúta
    the weaker has to yield

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: lúta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luta, lute
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lute

References edit

  • lúta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press