læsa

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

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

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

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• Rhymes: -aiːsa

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

1. to lock

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• sæla

• læse (with e- or split infinitive)

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.

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”)

• sæla

From láss (“lock”).

læsa

1. to lock

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There also exists another form, in Swedish låsa, Norwegian låse and låsa, which is an alteration influenced by (or a younger derivation of) lås (Old Norse láss), and this has in Swedish and Norwegian mostly replaced the form with æ/ä. Same goes with modern Danish låse.

• sæla

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

læsa

1. to collect, gather
2. to read

• Swedish: läsa