lypta

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• lyfta

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lypta (singular past indicative lypti, plural past indicative lyptu, past participle lyptr)

1. to lift, raise [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of lypta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	lypta
present participle	lyptandi
past participle	lyptr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	lypti	lypta		lypta	lypta
2nd person singular	lyptir	lyptir		lyptir	lyptir
3rd person singular	lyptir	lypti		lypti	lypti
1st person plural	lyptum	lyptum		lyptim	lyptim
2nd person plural	lyptið	lyptuð		lyptið	lyptið
3rd person plural	lypta	lyptu		lypti	lypti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	lypt, lypti
1st person plural	lyptum
2nd person plural	lyptið

Conjugation of lypta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	lyptask
present participle	lyptandisk
past participle	lypsk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	lyptumk	lyptumk		lyptumk	lyptumk
2nd person singular	lyptisk	lyptisk		lyptisk	lyptisk
3rd person singular	lyptisk	lyptisk		lyptisk	lyptisk
1st person plural	lyptumsk	lyptumsk		lyptimsk	lyptimsk
2nd person plural	lyptizk	lyptuzk		lyptizk	lyptizk
3rd person plural	lyptask	lyptusk		lyptisk	lyptisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	lypsk, lyptisk
1st person plural	lyptumsk
2nd person plural	lyptizk

Related terms

• lopt n

Descendants

• Icelandic: lyfta
• Faroese: lyfta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lyfta, lyfte, løfta, løfte
• Norwegian Bokmål: løfte
• Old Swedish: lypta
  • Swedish: lyfta
• Danish: løfte
• → Middle English: lyften, liften
  • English: lift
  • Scots: lyft, lift

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “lypta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lypta

1. to lift, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of lypta (weak)

	present				past
infinitive	lypta				—
participle	lyptandi, lyptande				lypter
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lyptir	lypti, lypte	—		lypti, lypte	lypti, lypte
þū	lyptir	lypti, lypte	lypt		lypti, lypte	lypti, lypte
han	lyptir	lypti, lypte	—		lypti, lypte	lypti, lypte
vīr	lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom		lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom
īr	lyptin	lyptin	lyptin		lyptin	lyptin
þēr	lypta	lyptin	—		lyptu, lypto	lyptin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lyptis	lyptis, lyptes	—		lyptis, lyptes	lyptis, lyptes
þū	lyptis	lyptis, lyptes	—		lyptis, lyptes	lyptis, lyptes
han	lyptis	lyptis, lyptes	—		lyptis, lyptes	lyptis, lyptes
vīr	lyptums, lyptoms	lyptums, lyptoms	—		lyptums, lyptoms	lyptums, lyptoms
īr	lyptins	lyptins	—		lyptins	lyptins
þēr	lyptas	lyptins	—		lyptus, lyptos	lyptins

Descendants

• Swedish: lyfta