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launa
launa
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -øyːna
Etymology 1
From Old Norse launa (“to reward”).
Verb
launa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative launaði, supine launað)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to recompense or reward for something
- (transitive, governs the dative) to recompense or reward somebody
- (ditransitive, governs the dative and accusative) to recompense or reward somebody for something
- (intransitive) to pay wages, to remunerate
- Þetta er illa greitt starf.
- This is a badly paid job.
- Þetta er illa greitt starf.
- (transitive, governs the dative) to pay someone wages, to remunerate somebody
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- (recompense): borga bætur, umbuna, endurgjalda
- (pay wages): greiða kaup
Derived terms
- eiga fótum fjör að launa (from the Old Norse eiga fótum fjǫr at launa)
- illa launar akur ofsæði
- launa illt með góðu
- launa lambið gráa
- launa ljóshöldin
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
launa
- indefinite genitive plural of laun