ljósta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ljósta, from Proto-Germanic *leustaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈljousta/
    Rhymes: -ousta

Verb

ljósta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative laust, third-person plural past indicative lustu, supine lostið)

  1. (somewhat archaic or poetic) to hit, to strike
    Eldingu laust niður í fánastöngina í óveðrinu í gærkvöld.
    Lightning struck through the flagpole in the storm yesterday evening.

Usage notes

This verb is somewhat archaic or poetic, and its use in everyday language is mostly limited to references to lightning strikes and the set phrases skelfingu lostinn (horror-stricken), and steini lostinn (awestruck, stone-stricken).

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *leustaną.

Verb

ljósta (singular past indicative laust, plural past indicative lustu, past participle lostinn)

  1. to strike, smite
  2. to strike, hit (with a spear, arrow)
  3. (impersonal)
    laust í bardaga með þeim mikinn
    it came to a great battle between them

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ljósta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lystre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljostra
  • Swedish: ljustra

References

  • ljósta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.