ljá

See also: ljå

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse ljá, léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

Verb

ljá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative léði, supine léð)

1. (ditransitive, dated) to lend

   Hann ljær henni bókina.

   He lends her the book.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Jamtish

Etymology

From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑ́ʊː]

Noun

ljá m

1. scythe

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From earlier léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”).

Verb

ljá (singular past indicative léði, plural past indicative léðu, past participle léðr)

1. to lend [with genitive ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
2. to grant, to give [with genitive ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• lán

Descendants

• Icelandic: ljá
• Faroese: líggja

Etymology 2

Probably related to lé m (“scythe”).

Noun

ljá f (genitive ljár)

1. new-mown grass

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ljá

1. inflection of lé:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ljá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 276; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/276 Internet Archive]

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jóː]

Noun

ljá m

1. scythe