læsa

From Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Faroese lás).

læsa (third person singular past indicative læsti, third person plural past indicative læstu, supine læst)

1. to lock

From Old Norse læsa, from láss (“lock”) (whence Icelandic lás).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaiːsa]

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• Rhymes: -aiːsa

læsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative læsti, supine læst)

1. to lock

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From láss (“lock”).

læsa

1. to lock

There also exists another form, in Swedish låsa, Norwegian låse, which is an alteration influenced by (or a younger derivation of) lås (Old Norse láss), and this has in Swedish and (and to a considerable extent in Norwegian) mostly replaced the form with æ/ä.

From Old Norse lesa, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

læsa

1. to collect, gather
2. to read

• Swedish: läsa