ljá

Inherited from Old Norse ljá, léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.

• IPA^(key): /ljauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

ljá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative léði, supine léð)

1. (ditransitive, dated) to lend

   Hann ljær henni bókina.

   He lends her the book.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.

• IPA^(key): [jɑ́ʊː]

ljá m

1. scythe

From earlier léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”).

ljá (singular past indicative léði, plural past indicative léðu, past participle léðr)

1. to lend [with genitive ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]
2. to grant, to give [with genitive ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• lán

• Icelandic: ljá
• Faroese: líggja

Probably related to lé m (“scythe”).

ljá f (genitive ljár)

1. new-mown grass

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ljá

1. inflection of lé:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ljá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 276; also available at the Internet Archive

From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.

• IPA^(key): [jóː]

ljá m

1. scythe