letja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *latjaną.

Verb

letja (singular past indicative latti, plural past indicative lǫttu, past participle lattr)

  1. (ditransitive with dative and genitive) to dissuade someone (dative) from something (genitive)

Conjugation
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
  • Icelandic: letja

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