letja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *latjaną.

Verb

letja (singular past indicative latti, plural past indicative lǫttu, past participle lattr)

  1. to dissuade [with dative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘from something’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of letja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive letja
present participle letjandi
past participle lattr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular let latta letja letta
2nd person singular letr lattir letir lettir
3rd person singular letr latti leti letti
1st person plural letjum lǫttum letim lettim
2nd person plural letið lǫttuð letið lettið
3rd person plural letja lǫttu leti letti
imperative present
2nd person singular let
1st person plural letjum
2nd person plural letið
Conjugation of letja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive letjask
present participle letjandisk
past participle lazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular letjumk lǫttumk letjumk lettumk
2nd person singular lezk lattisk letisk lettisk
3rd person singular lezk lattisk letisk lettisk
1st person plural letjumsk lǫttumsk letimsk lettimsk
2nd person plural letizk lǫttuzk letizk lettizk
3rd person plural letjask lǫttusk letisk lettisk
imperative present
2nd person singular lezk
1st person plural letjumsk
2nd person plural letizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: letja
  • Old Swedish: lætia
    • Old Swedish: lætias
      • Swedish: lättjas

Further reading

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