leysa

From Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną. Cognate with Dutch lozen, obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan), German lösen; also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Norwegian løse and Swedish lösa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːsa/

  Rhymes: -eiːsa

leysa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leysti, supine leyst)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to loosen ^syn.
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to resolve, to solve, to unravel ^syn.
3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to untie, to extricate, unfasten ^syn.
4. (impersonal, of snow) with various meanings, e.g. of snow thawing

   Snjóinn leysir. þolfallsfrumlag (“an accusative subject”)

   The snow is thawing.

   Móðurinni leystist höfn. þágufallsfrumlag (“a dative subject”)

   The mother lost her unborn child.

• (loosen): ^def. losa
• (solve): ^def. ráða, ráða fram úr, finna lausn, finna lausn á
• (untie): ^def. losa

• losna