lýja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to cut off, to separate”). Possible cognates include English loose, Latin luō (“to expiate, to pay”), Ancient Greek λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “to loosen”).

Verb

lýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lúði, supine lúð)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to tire, to wear out

   Synonym: þreyta

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• lúður (“worn-out”)
• lúi (“exhaustion”)
• lúinn (“tired”)
• lýjandi (“tiring”)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

lýja f (genitive singular lýju, nominative plural lýjur)

1. rag, tatter

   Synonyms: tuska, pjatla

2. tuft, wisp

   Synonyms: vöndull, visk

Declension

Declension of lýja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lýja	lýjan	lýjur	lýjurnar
accusative	lýju	lýjuna	lýjur	lýjurnar
dative	lýju	lýjunni	lýjum	lýjunum
genitive	lýju	lýjunnar	lýja	lýjanna

Derived terms

• hárlýja (“tuft of hair”)

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

lýja (singular past indicative lúði, plural past indicative lúðu, past participle lúinn)

1. to beat, hammer
2. (transitive) to wear out, tire, exhaust

Conjugation

Conjugation of lýja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	lýja
present participle	lýjandi
past participle	lúinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lý	lúða
2nd-person singular	lýr	lúðir
3rd-person singular	lýr	lúði
1st-person plural	lýjum	lúðum
2nd-person plural	lýið	lúðuð
3rd-person plural	lýja	lúðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lýja	lýða
2nd-person singular	lýir	lýðir
3rd-person singular	lýi	lýði
1st-person plural	lýim	lýðim
2nd-person plural	lýið	lýðið
3rd-person plural	lýi	lýði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lý
1st-person plural	lýjum
2nd-person plural	lýið

Conjugation of lýja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	lýjask
present participle	lýjandisk
past participle	lýzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lýjumk	lúðumk
2nd-person singular	lýsk	lúðisk
3rd-person singular	lýsk	lúðisk
1st-person plural	lýjumsk	lúðumsk
2nd-person plural	lýizk	lúðuzk
3rd-person plural	lýjask	lúðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lýjumk	lýðumk
2nd-person singular	lýisk	lýðisk
3rd-person singular	lýisk	lýðisk
1st-person plural	lýimsk	lýðimsk
2nd-person plural	lýizk	lýðizk
3rd-person plural	lýisk	lýðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lýsk
1st-person plural	lýjumsk
2nd-person plural	lýizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: lýja

References

• “lyja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press