See also: Leida, Leitha, leída, and léidá

Faroese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną., causative of *līþaną ( > Faroese líða).

Verb edit

leiða (third person singular past indicative leiddi, third person plural past indicative leiddu, supine leitt)

  1. to lead
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of leiða (group v-3)
infinitive leiða
supine leitt
participle (a18)1 leiðandi leiddur
present past
first singular leiði leiddi
second singular leiðir leiddi
third singular leiðir leiddi
plural leiða leiddu
imperative
singular leið!
plural leiðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Faroese leiður).

Verb edit

leiða

  1. to bore

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, causative of *līþaną ( > Icelandic líða).

Verb edit

leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)

  1. to lead
  2. (physics) to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.)
  3. (mediopassive) to hold hands
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Icelandic leiður).

Verb edit

leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)

  1. (ditransitive) to cause to loath
  2. (mediopassive, with dative and inverted word order) to be found boring or irksome
    Mér leiðist þessar tafir. – I find these delays irksome.
Conjugation edit

References edit