læsa

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Faroese lás). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛaːsa/ === Verb === læsa (third person singular past indicative læsti, third person plural past indicative læstu, supine læst) to lock, padlock to hook together, join together to drop stitches, cast off, finish off to bite, hold tightly to sink one's claws ==== Conjugation ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Icelandic lás). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlaiːsa] Rhymes: -aiːsa === Verb === læsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative læsti, supine læst) to lock ==== Conjugation ==== === Anagrams === sæla == Norwegian Nynorsk == === 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) (pre-2012) alternative form of låsa ==== Related terms ==== lås m (“lock”) === Anagrams === sæla == Old Norse == === Etymology === From láss (“lock”). === Verb === læsa to lock ==== Conjugation ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== 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 === sæla == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną. === Verb === læsa to collect, gather to read ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: läsa