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leiða
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Faroese
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, causative of *līþaną ( > Faroese líða).
Verb
leiða (third person singular past indicative leiddi, third person plural past indicative leiddu, supine leitt)
- to lead
Conjugation
1Only the past participle being declined.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Faroese leiður).
Verb
leiða
- to bore
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, causative of *līþaną ( > Icelandic líða).
Verb
leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)
- to lead
- (physics) to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.)
- (mediopassive) to hold hands
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Icelandic leiður).
Verb
leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)
- (ditransitive) to cause to loathe
- (mediopassive, with inverted word order) to be found boring or irksome [with dative ‘to someone’]
- Mér leiðist þessar tafir. ― I find these delays irksome.
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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