leika

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

leika

1. to play (game, instrument, etc.)

Conjugation of leika (group v-29-30)
infinitive	leika
supine	leikað
participle (a5 (a39)/a6)1	leikandi	leiktur/ leikaður
	present	past
first singular	leiki	leikti/ leikaði
second singular	leikar	leikti/ leikaði
third singular	leikar	leikti/ leikaði
plural	leika	leiktu/ leikaðu
	imperative
singular	leika!
plural	leikið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

leika

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰

From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːka/

  Rhymes: -eiːka

leika (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lék, third-person plural past indicative léku, supine leikið)

1. to play

• leika við hvern sinn fingur
• leika sér

• keila

leika (present tense leikar/leiker, past tense leika/leikte, past participle leika/leikt, passive infinitive leikast, present participle leikande, imperative leika/leik)

1. Alternative form of leike

From Proto-Germanic *laikaną.

leika (singular past indicative lék, plural past indicative léku, past participle leikinn)

1. to play
2. to outplay
   • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 7:

     Ok allvald / Yngva þjóðar
     Loka mær / of leikinn hefr.

     And the maiden of Loki [Hel, goddess of death] / has outplayed
     the prince / of the people of Yngvi [the Swedes]

• Icelandic: leika
• Faroese: leika
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leika
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: leike
• Old Swedish: lēka
  • Swedish: leka
• Danish: lege
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leke
• Scanian: lega
• Gutnish: laika
• → Middle English: layken, leyken, leiken, laiken
  • English: lake, laik
  • Scots: laik

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

leika n (genitive leika, plural leiku)

1. plaything, doll

leika f (genitive leiku, plural leikur)

1. plaything, doll
2. play-sister

• Norwegian Nynorsk: leike f
• Norwegian Bokmål: leke m or f, leike m or f

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leika

1. inflection of leikr:
   1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
   2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
   3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
   4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
   5. positive degree weak neuter singular

leika

1. accusative/genitive plural of leikr

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