leita

From Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaiːta/
• Rhymes: -aiːta
• Homophone: leitað

leita (third person singular past indicative leitaði, third person plural past indicative leitaðu, supine leitað)

1. to seek, to search

From Old Norse leita.

• Rhymes: -eiːta

leita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leitaði, supine leitað)

1. to seek, to search, to look for

   Afsakið, en ég er að leita að Hallgrímskirkju.

   Excuse me, I'm looking for Hallgrímskirkja.

   Þú ættir að leita læknis, þú lítur ekki vel út.

   You should consult a doctor. You don't look well.

   Ég ákvað að leita til miðils til að tala við vin minn sem dó.

   I decided to turn to a psychic to talk to my friend who died.

• leit

• leitet
• leitte (simple past)
• lette (simple past)
• leitt (past participle)
• lett (past participle)

leita

1. inflection of leite:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• leite

From Old Norse leita. Akin to obsolete dialectal English lait.

• IPA^(key): /²lɛɪːta/

leita (present tense leitar or leiter, past tense leita or leitte, past participle leita or leitt, present participle leitande, imperative leit)

1. to search

• leit (noun)

• lete (Bokmål)

• “leita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

leita (singular past indicative leitaði, plural past indicative leitaðu, past participle leitaðr)

1. to seek, to search

• Icelandic: leita
• Faroese: leita
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leita
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: leite
• Elfdalian: lieta
• Danish: lede
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lete
• Old Swedish: lēta
  • Swedish: leta

• Hyphenation: lei‧ta

leita f (plural leitas)

1. milt (fish semen)

   Synonym: láctea

leita

1. inflection of leitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative