láta

From Old Norse láta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔaːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔaːta

láta (third person singular past indicative læt, third person plural past indicative lótu, supine látið)

1. to behave, to act
2. to utter a sound

From Old Norse láta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlauːta/

  Rhymes: -auːta

láta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lét, third-person plural past indicative létu, supine látið)

1. (transitive, takes the accusative) to put

   Hvert léstu fartölvuna mína?

   Where did you put my laptop?

2. (transitive, takes the accusative) to lose, to let go
3. (transitive, takes the accusative) to let, to make, to have
4. (transitive, takes the accusative) to behave, to act
5. (impersonal)

   Er til lengdar lætur.

   In the long run.

   Ég veiddi fimm fiska á tíma þegar best lét.

   I caught five fish per hour at best.

   Eins og að líkum lætur.

   As may be expected.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (put): setja
• (let go): sleppa
• (let): leyfa að gerast, leyfa að gerist
• (behave): hegða sér

From Proto-Germanic *lētaną, whence also English let.

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːtɑ/
• (13th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒːta/

láta (singular past indicative lét, plural past indicative létu, past participle látinn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to set, put in place
2. (with accusative) to cede, give up
3. (with accusative) to leave, forsake

   hann ætlaði at láta dróttningina eina

   he intended to divorce the queen

4. (with accusative or dative) to lose
5. (with infinitive) to have someone do something, have something done

   ek lét leiða þjóf bundinn til þings

   I had the thief taken (lit. let lead the thief) to the Thing in shackles

6. (with sem) to make as if, to pretend
7. (with accusative) to estimate, value
8. (with accusative) to express, say
9. (with accusative) to give, make a sound
10. (reflexive) to die

• Icelandic: láta
• Faroese: láta
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: la
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: la, lata, late
• Elfdalian: låta
• Old Swedish: lāta
  • Swedish: låta
• Old Danish: latæ
  • Danish: lade

• láta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.