letja
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *latjaną.
Verb
[edit]letja (singular past indicative latti, plural past indicative lǫttu, past participle lattr)
- (ditransitive with dative and genitive) to dissuade someone (dative) from something (genitive)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of letja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | letja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | letjandi | |
| past participle | lattr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | let | latta |
| 2nd-person singular | letr | lattir |
| 3rd-person singular | letr | latti |
| 1st-person plural | letjum | lǫttum |
| 2nd-person plural | letið | lǫttuð |
| 3rd-person plural | letja | lǫttu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | letja | letta |
| 2nd-person singular | letir | lettir |
| 3rd-person singular | leti | letti |
| 1st-person plural | letim | lettim |
| 2nd-person plural | letið | lettið |
| 3rd-person plural | leti | letti |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | let | |
| 1st-person plural | letjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | letið | |
Conjugation of letja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | letjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | letjandisk | |
| past participle | lazk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | letjumk | lǫttumk |
| 2nd-person singular | lezk | lattisk |
| 3rd-person singular | lezk | lattisk |
| 1st-person plural | letjumsk | lǫttumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | letizk | lǫttuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | letjask | lǫttusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | letjumk | lettumk |
| 2nd-person singular | letisk | lettisk |
| 3rd-person singular | letisk | lettisk |
| 1st-person plural | letimsk | lettimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | letizk | lettizk |
| 3rd-person plural | letisk | lettisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | lezk | |
| 1st-person plural | letjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | letizk | |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “letja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press