lýja

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliːja/
  • Rhymes: -iːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to cut off, to separate”). Possible cognates include English loose, Latin luō (“to expiate, to pay”), Ancient Greek λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “to loosen”).

Verb

lýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lúði, supine lúð)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to tire, to wear out
    Synonym: þreyta
Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • lúður (“worn-out”)
  • lúi (“exhaustion”)
  • lúinn (“tired”)
  • lýjandi (“tiring”)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

lýja f (genitive singular lýju, nominative plural lýjur)

  1. rag, tatter
    Synonyms: tuska, pjatla
  2. tuft, wisp
    Synonyms: vöndull, visk
Declension
declension of lýja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lýja lýjan lýjur lýjurnar
accusative lýju lýjuna lýjur lýjurnar
dative lýju lýjunni lýjum lýjunum
genitive lýju lýjunnar lýja lýjanna
Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

lýja (singular past indicative lúði, plural past indicative lúðu, past participle lúinn)

  1. to beat, hammer
  2. (transitive) to wear out, tire, exhaust

Conjugation
Conjugation of lýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive lýja
present participle lýjandi
past participle lúinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular lý lúða
2nd-person singular lýr lúðir
3rd-person singular lýr lúði
1st-person plural lýjum lúðum
2nd-person plural lýið lúðuð
3rd-person plural lýja lúðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular lýja lýða
2nd-person singular lýir lýðir
3rd-person singular lýi lýði
1st-person plural lýim lýðim
2nd-person plural lýið lýðið
3rd-person plural lýi lýði
imperative present
2nd-person singular lý
1st-person plural lýjum
2nd-person plural lýið
Conjugation of lýja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive lýjask
present participle lýjandisk
past participle lýzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular lýjumk lúðumk
2nd-person singular lýsk lúðisk
3rd-person singular lýsk lúðisk
1st-person plural lýjumsk lúðumsk
2nd-person plural lýizk lúðuzk
3rd-person plural lýjask lúðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular lýjumk lýðumk
2nd-person singular lýisk lýðisk
3rd-person singular lýisk lýðisk
1st-person plural lýimsk lýðimsk
2nd-person plural lýizk lýðizk
3rd-person plural lýisk lýðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular lýsk
1st-person plural lýjumsk
2nd-person plural lýizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: lýja

References
  • “lyja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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