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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse léa, ljá, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
ljá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative léði, supine léð)
- (ditransitive, dated) to lend
Hann ljær henni bókina.- He lends her the book.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Jamtish
Etymology
From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.
Pronunciation
Noun
ljá m
- scythe
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From earlier léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”).
Verb
ljá (singular past indicative léði, plural past indicative léðu, past participle léðr)
- (ditransitive, with genitive and dative) to lend
- (ditransitive, with genitive and dative) to grant, give
Usage notes
Valency is described as "ljá e-m e-s", or ljá something (genitive) to someone (dative).
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Probably related to lé m (“scythe”).
Noun
ljá f (genitive ljár)
- new-mown grass
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ljá
- inflection of lé:
- oblique singular
- accusative plural
- genitive plural
References
- ljá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Scanian
Etymology
From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.
Pronunciation
Noun
ljá m
- scythe