læsa

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See also: laesa and läsa

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aiːsa

Verb

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

  1. to lock

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Alternative forms

  • læse (with e- or split infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse læsa. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his dictionary of Spydeberg dialect, although today is more common in the mountain areas.

Verb

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
  • lås m (lock)

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From láss (lock).

Verb

læsa

  1. to lock

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • 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, Danish låse, which is an alteration influenced by (or a younger derivation of) lås (Old Norse láss), and this has in Mainland Scandinavian mostly replaced the form with æ/ä.

Anagrams

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

læsa

  1. to collect, gather
  2. to read

Conjugation

Descendants