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leiða

leiða

See also: Leida, Leitha, leída, and léidá

Faroese

Verb

leiða (third person singular past indicative leiddi, third person plural past indicative leiddu, supine leitt)

  1. to lead
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Faroese leiður).

Verb

leiða

  1. to bore

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleiːða/
  • Rhymes: -eiːða

Etymology 1

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, causative of *līþaną ( > Icelandic líða).

Verb

leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)

  1. to lead
  2. (physics) to conduct (heat, electricity, etc.)
  3. (in the mediopassive) to hold hands
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laiþijaną, from *laiþaz ( > Icelandic leiður).

Verb

leiða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leiddi, supine leitt)

  1. (ditransitive) to cause to loath
  2. (in the mediopassive, with dative and inverted word order) to be found boring or irksome
    Mér leiðast þessar tafir. – I find these delays irksome.
Conjugation

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