letja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *latjaną.

Verb

letja (singular past indicative latti, plural past indicative lǫttu, past participle lattr)

1. (ditransitive with dative and genitive) to dissuade someone (dative) from something (genitive)

Conjugation

Conjugation of letja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	letja
present participle	letjandi
past participle	lattr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	let	latta
2nd-person singular	letr	lattir
3rd-person singular	letr	latti
1st-person plural	letjum	lǫttum
2nd-person plural	letið	lǫttuð
3rd-person plural	letja	lǫttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	letja	letta
2nd-person singular	letir	lettir
3rd-person singular	leti	letti
1st-person plural	letim	lettim
2nd-person plural	letið	lettið
3rd-person plural	leti	letti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	let
1st-person plural	letjum
2nd-person plural	letið

Conjugation of letja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	letjask
present participle	letjandisk
past participle	lazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	letjumk	lǫttumk
2nd-person singular	lezk	lattisk
3rd-person singular	lezk	lattisk
1st-person plural	letjumsk	lǫttumsk
2nd-person plural	letizk	lǫttuzk
3rd-person plural	letjask	lǫttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	letjumk	lettumk
2nd-person singular	letisk	lettisk
3rd-person singular	letisk	lettisk
1st-person plural	letimsk	lettimsk
2nd-person plural	letizk	lettizk
3rd-person plural	letisk	lettisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lezk
1st-person plural	letjumsk
2nd-person plural	letizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: letja
• Old Swedish: lætia
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: lætias
    • Swedish: lättjas

References

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