hlæja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈl̥aija] Rhymes: -aiːja Homophone: hlægja === Verb === hlæja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hló, third-person plural past indicative hlógu, supine hlegið) (intransitive) to laugh ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hlátur == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, whence also Old English hliehhan ( > English laugh), Old Saxon hlahhian, Old Frisian hlaka, Old High German hlahhan, lahhen ( > German lachen), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan). === Verb === hlæja (singular past indicative hló, plural past indicative hlógu, past participle hleginn) to laugh ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hlǿgja viðhlæjandi ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hlæja Faroese: læa Norwegian Nynorsk: læja, læ, le Elfdalian: läa Old Swedish: lēia, lea, lēaSwedish: le Old Danish: lē Danish: le Norwegian Bokmål: le === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “hlæja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)