leia

leia

1. inflection of leidma:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative

leia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of lear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ler:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• leie (e-infinitive)
• leida (pre-1938)

From Old Norse leiða, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną, originally a causative of *līþaną (whence modern Norwegian Nynorsk lide). Cognates include English lead.

• IPA^(key): /²lɛɪːa/

leia (present tense leiar or leier, past tense leia or leidde, past participle leia or leidd)

1. to command, lead, direct
2. to conduct (music, heat, electricity)
3. to hold someone’s hand, have on a leash (dog)
4. to lead (be in the lead)

• leiende

• lea, lēa

From Old Norse hlæja, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.

lēia

1. to laugh
2. to smile

• Swedish: le

leia

1. inflection of ler:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• lia (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• ligia (Sursilvan)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

leia f (plural leias)

1. (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) league

leia

1. Colloquial form of leiaf