láta

From Old Norse láta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔaːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔaːta

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

From Old Norse láta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlauːta/

  Rhymes: -auːta

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

1. to put [with accusative]

   Synonym: setja

   Hvert léstu fartölvuna mína?

   Where did you put my laptop?

2. to lose, to let go [with accusative]

   Synonym: sleppa

3. to let, to make, to have [with accusative]

   Synonyms: leyfa að gerast, leyfa að gerist

4. to behave, to act [with accusative]

   Synonym: hegða sér

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.

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

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːtɑ/
• (13th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒːta/

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

1. to set, put in place [with accusative]
2. to cede, give up [with accusative]
3. to leave, forsake [with accusative]

   hann ætlaði at láta dróttningina eina

   he intended to divorce the queen

4. to lose [with accusative or dative]
5. (with infinitive) to have someone do something, have something done

   ek lét leiða þjóf bundinn til þings

   I had the thief taken (lit. let lead the thief) to the Thing in shackles

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

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “láta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 263; also available at the Internet Archive