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leysa.

to loosen

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈleiːsa]
  1. to loosen

    weak
  2. to resolve, to solve, to unravel

    weak
    Ég er að reyna að leysa þetta vandamál.
  3. to untie, to extricate, unfasten

    weak
  4. with various meanings, e.g. of snow thawing

    impersonal · weak
    Snjóinn leysir. þolfallsfrumlag (“an accusative subject”)
    Móðurinni leystist höfn. þágufallsfrumlag (“a dative subject”)
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną. Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan), German lösen; also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Norwegian Bokmål løse/løyse, Norwegian nynorsk løyse/løysa and Swedish lösa.

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