hlæja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̥aiːja/

  Rhymes: -aiːja

  Homophone: hlægja

Verb

hlæja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hló, third-person plural past indicative hlógu, supine hlegið)

1. (intransitive) to laugh

   Að hlæja dátt.

   To laugh heartily.

Conjugation

hlæja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að hlæja
supine (sagnbót)		hlegið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		hlæjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég hlæ	við hlæjum	present (nútíð)	ég hlæi	við hlæjum
	þú hlærð	þið hlæið		þú hlæir	þið hlæið
	hann, hún, það hlær	þeir, þær, þau hlæja		hann, hún, það hlæi	þeir, þær, þau hlæi
past (þátíð)	ég hló	við hlógum	past (þátíð)	ég hlægi	við hlægjum
	þú hlóst	þið hlóguð		þú hlægir	þið hlægjuð
	hann, hún, það hló	þeir, þær, þau hlógu		hann, hún, það hlægi	þeir, þær, þau hlægju
imperative (boðháttur)	hlæ (þú)	hlæið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	hlæðu	hlæiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• hlæja að
• hlæja hátt (to laugh loud)
• hlæja hugur við (to gladden one's heart)
• skellihlæja

  The tidings, that gladdened their hearts.

  Þau tíðindi, er þeim hló hugur við.

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)

1. to laugh

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlæja — active (strong class 6)

infinitive	hlæja
present participle	hlæjandi
past participle	hleginn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hlæ	hló
2nd-person singular	hlær	hlótt
3rd-person singular	hlær	hló
1st-person plural	hlæjum	hlógum
2nd-person plural	hlæið	hlóguð
3rd-person plural	hlæja	hlógu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlæja	hlǿga
2nd-person singular	hlæir	hlǿgir
3rd-person singular	hlæi	hlǿgi
1st-person plural	hlæim	hlǿgim
2nd-person plural	hlæið	hlǿgið
3rd-person plural	hlæi	hlǿgi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlæ
1st-person plural	hlæjum
2nd-person plural	hlæið

Conjugation of hlæja — mediopassive (strong class 6)

infinitive	hlæjask
present participle	hlæjandisk
past participle	hlegizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hlæjumk	hlógumk
2nd-person singular	hlæsk	hlózk
3rd-person singular	hlæsk	hlósk
1st-person plural	hlæjumsk	hlógumsk
2nd-person plural	hlæizk	hlóguzk
3rd-person plural	hlæjask	hlógusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hlæjumk	hlǿgumk
2nd-person singular	hlæisk	hlǿgisk
3rd-person singular	hlæisk	hlǿgisk
1st-person plural	hlæimsk	hlǿgimsk
2nd-person plural	hlæizk	hlǿgizk
3rd-person plural	hlæisk	hlǿgisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hlæsk
1st-person plural	hlæjumsk
2nd-person plural	hlæizk

Derived terms

• hlǿgja

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlæja
• Faroese: læa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: læja, læ, le
• Elfdalian: läa
• Old Swedish: lēia, lea, lēa
  • Swedish: le
• Old Danish: lē
  • Danish: le
    • Norwegian Bokmål: le

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)