löstur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫstr, from the root of Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to blame, fault, reproach”), related to Old High German lastar (“vice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlœstʏr/

  Rhymes: -œstʏr

Noun

löstur m (genitive singular lastar, nominative plural lestir)

1. fault, flaw, vice
2. (archaic or poetic) moral misdemeanor, immoral or sinful action

Declension

Declension of löstur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	löstur	lösturinn	lestir	lestirnir
accusative	löst	löstinn	lesti	lestina
dative	lesti	lestinum	löstum	löstunum
genitive	lastar	lastarins	lasta	lastanna

References

• löstur in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.