láta

láta (third person singular past indicative læt, third person plural past indicative lótu, supine látið)

1. to behave, to act
2. to utter a sound

• IPA^(key): /ˈlauːta/

  Rhymes: -auːta

láta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lét, third-person plural past indicative létu, supine látið)

1. (transitive, takes the accusative) to put ^syn.

   Hvert léstu fartölvuna mína?

   Where did you put my laptop?

2. (transitive, takes the accusative) to lose, to let go ^deriv. syn.
3. (transitive, takes the accusative) to let, to make, to have ^deriv. syn.
4. (transitive, takes the accusative) to behave, to act ^deriv. syn.
5. (impersonal)

   Er til lengdar lætur.

   In the long run.

   Ég veiddi fimm fiska á tíma þegar best lét.

   I caught five fish per hour at best.

   Eins og að líkum lætur.

   As may be expected.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (put): ^def. setja
• (let go): ^def. deriv. sleppa
• (let): ^def. deriv. leyfa að gerast, leyfa að gerist
• (behave): ^def. deriv. hegða sér

From Proto-Germanic *lētaną, whence also English let.

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːtɑ/

láta (singular past indicative lét, plural past indicative létu, past participle látinn)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to set, put in place
2. (with accusative) to cede, give up
3. (with accusative) to leave, forsake

   hann ætlaði at láta dróttningina eina

   he intended to divorce the queen

4. (with accusative or dative) to lose
5. (with infinitive) to let, make, cause

   ek lét drepa Þóri

   I made Thor to be killed

6. (with sem) to make as if, to pretend
7. (with accusative) to estimate, value
8. (with accusative) to express, say
9. (with accusative) to give, make a sound
10. (reflexive) to die

• Icelandic: láta
• Faroese: láta
• Elfdalian: låta
• Old Swedish: lāta
  • Swedish: låta
• Old Danish: latæ
  • Danish: lade
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: la
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: la, lata, late

• láta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.