lýja

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

From Old Norse lýja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to cut off, to separate”). Possible cognates include English loose, Latin luō (“to expiate, to pay”), Ancient Greek λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “to loosen”).

lýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lúði, supine lúð)

1. to tire, to wear out [with accusative]

   Synonym: þreyta

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• lúður (“worn-out”)
• lúi (“exhaustion”)
• lúinn (“tired”)
• lýjandi (“tiring”)

Unknown.

lýja f (genitive singular lýju, nominative plural lýjur)

1. rag, tatter

   Synonyms: tuska, pjatla

2. tuft, wisp

   Synonyms: vöndull, visk

• hárlýja (“tuft of hair”)

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lýja (singular past indicative lúði, plural past indicative lúðu, past participle lúinn)

1. to beat, hammer
2. (transitive) to wear out, tire, exhaust

• Icelandic: lýja

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