See also: laesa and läsa

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse læsa, from láss (lock) (whence Faroese lás).

Verb

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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

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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

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Etymology

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From Old Norse læsa, from láss (lock) (whence Icelandic lás).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to lock

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Alternative forms

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  • læse (with e- or split infinitive)

Etymology

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From Old Norse læsa.

Verb

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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
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  • lås m (lock)

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From láss (lock).

Verb

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læsa

  1. to lock

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: læsa
  • Faroese: læsa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: læse
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: læsa, læse (with e- or split infinitive) (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.

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Verb

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læsa

  1. to collect, gather
  2. to read

Conjugation

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Descendants

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