ljá

From Old Norse léa, ljá, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną.

• IPA^(key): /ljauː/

  Rhymes: -auː

ljá (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative léði, supine léð)

1. (ditransitive, dated) to lend

   Hann ljær henni bókina.

   He lends her the book.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.

• IPA^(key): [jɑ́ʊː]

ljá m

1. scythe

From earlier léa, from Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (“to lend”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave”).

ljá (singular past indicative léði, plural past indicative léðu, past participle léðr)

1. (ditransitive, with genitive and dative) to lend
2. (ditransitive, with genitive and dative) to grant, give

Valency is described as "ljá e-m e-s", or ljá something (genitive) to someone (dative).

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• lán

• Icelandic: ljá
• Faroese: líggja

Probably related to lé m (“scythe”).

ljá f (genitive ljár)

1. new-mown grass

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ljá

1. inflection of lé:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural

• ljá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

From Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô.

• IPA^(key): [jóː]

ljá m

1. scythe