lauvast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • lauvas (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

From lauva +‎ -st.

Verb

lauvast (present tense lauvast, past tense lauvast, supine lauvast)

  1. (impersonal) to leaf/leave, put forth foilage
    • 1875, Elias Blix, “Gudleg Vaarsong”, in Nokre salmar [Some hymns]‎[1], Booklet III, Christiania: Samlaget, page 27:
      No livnar det i Lundar, // No lauvast det i Lid, // []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

lauvast

  1. passive infinitive of lauva