leist
See also: Leist
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leist
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
leist m (definite singular leisten, indefinite plural leister, definite plural leistene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lest
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse leistr m, from Proto-Germanic *laistaz m (“track, trace; footprint”), from Proto-Indo-European *lóystos, from the root *leys- (“to trace, track”). Akin to English last, Swedish läst, and German Leisten.
Noun edit
leist m (definite singular leisten, indefinite plural leistar, definite plural leistane)
- a last (a tool in the shape of a human foot, for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)
- (clothing) the foot-part of a stocking
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- lest (Bokmål)
References edit
- “leist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.