Faroese

Verb

læsa ‎(third person singular past indicative læsti, third person plural past indicative læstu, supine læst)

1. to lock

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse læsa, from láss ‎(“lock”) (whence Icelandic lás).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaiːsa]
• Rhymes: -aiːsa

Verb

læsa ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative læsti, supine læst)

1. to lock

Conjugation

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Old Norse

Etymology

From láss ‎(“lock”).

Verb

læsa

1. to lock

Descendants

There also exists another form, in Swedish låsa, Norwegian låse, which is an alteration influenced by (or a younger derivation of) lås (Old Norse láss), and this has in Swedish and (and to a considerable extent in Norwegian) mostly replaced the form with æ/ä.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Verb

læsa

1. to collect, gather
2. to read

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: läsa