leiða

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See also: Leida, Leitha, leída, and léidá

Faroese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną., causative of *līþaną ( > Faroese líða).

Verb[edit]

leiða (third person singular past indicative leiddi, third person plural past indicative leiddu, supine leitt)

  1. to lead
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of leiða (group v-3)
infinitive leiða
supine leitt
participle (a18)1 leiðandi leiddur
present past
first singular leiði leiddi
second singular leiðir leiddi
third singular leiðir leiddi
plural leiða leiddu
imperative
singular leið!
plural leiðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Faroese leiður).

Verb[edit]

leiða

  1. to bore

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, causative of *līþaną ( > Icelandic líða).

Verb[edit]

leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)

  1. to lead
  2. (physics) to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.)
  3. (mediopassive) to hold hands
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Icelandic leiður).

Verb[edit]

leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)

  1. (ditransitive) to cause to loath
  2. (mediopassive, with dative and inverted word order) to be found boring or irksome
    Mér leiðist þessar tafir. – I find these delays irksome.
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