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hlæja

hlæja

Icelandic

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to laugh
    hlæja dátt.
    To laugh heartily.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną, whence also Old English hlehhan ( > English laugh), Old Saxon hlahhian, Old Frisian hlaka, Old High German hlahhan, lahhen ( > German lachen), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan).

Verb

hlæja

  1. to laugh

Derived terms

  • hlœgja

Descendants

  • Norwegian: le (Bokmål), le (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: le

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