/ˈleiːsa/
UppruniFrom Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.
Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan), German lösen; also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Norwegian Bokmål løse/løyse, Norwegian nynorsk løyse/løysa and Swedish lösa.
- weakto loosen
- weakto resolve, to solve, to unravel
“Ég er að reyna að leysa þetta vandamál.” — I am trying to solve this problem.
- weakto untie, to extricate, unfasten
- impersonal, weakwith various meanings, e.g. of snow thawing
“Snjóinn leysir. þolfallsfrumlag (“an accusative subject”)” — The snow is thawing.
“Móðurinni leystist höfn. þágufallsfrumlag (“a dative subject”)” — The mother lost her unborn child.
Beygingarleysti(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · leyst(supine) · leystur(masculine, nominative, singular) · leyst(feminine, nominative, singular) · leyst(neuter, nominative, singular) · leystir(masculine, nominative, plural) · leystar(feminine, nominative, plural) · leyst(neuter, nominative, plural) · leystan(accusative, masculine, singular) · leysta(accusative, feminine, singular) · leyst(accusative, neuter, singular) · leysta(accusative, masculine, plural) · leystar(accusative, feminine, plural) · leyst(accusative, neuter, plural) · leystum(dative, masculine, singular) · leystri(dative, feminine, singular) · leystu(dative, neuter, singular) · leystum(dative, masculine, plural) · leystum(dative, feminine, plural) · leystum(dative, neuter, plural)
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