leyfa

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse leyfa, from Proto-Germanic *(uz)laubijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈleiːva/ Rhymes: -eiːva Homophone: leifa === Verb === leyfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leyfði, supine leyft) to allow, to permit, to give permission for [with accusative ‘something’] to allow, to permit, to give (someone) permission for [with dative ‘someone’, along with accusative ‘something’ or að (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== leyfi == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *laubijaną, whence also Old English līfan, lēfan, lȳfan, Old High German gilouben (“believe”) and irlouben (“allow”) (German glauben, erlauben), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uslaubjan, “allow”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to hold dear; love”). ==== Verb ==== leyfa to allow, permit to praise c. 825, Bragi “the Old” Boddason, Ragnarsdrápa, stanza 1: ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== leyfi n (“permission”) leyfð f (“praise”) lof n (“praise, leave, permission”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: leyfa Faroese: loyva Norwegian Nynorsk: løyva → Norwegian Bokmål: løyve ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “leyfa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== leyfa genitive plural of leyfi