leit

Akin to Italian latte, from Latin lac.

leit

1. milk

From a variation of Old French lit, from Latin lectus.

leit m (plural leits)

1. bed

• IPA^(key): /leiːt/
• Rhymes: -eiːt

leit f (genitive singular leitar, nominative plural leitir)

1. search, look
2. roundup of sheep

• atvinnuleit (“job hunt, job search”)
• fjársjóðsleit (“treasure hunt”)
• lóðleit (“depth-first search”)
• páskaeggjaleit (“Easter egg hunt”)

• leita (“to search”)

leit

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of líta

• IPA^(key): /lɑɪ̯t/

Inflected form of leiden.

leit

1. inflection of leiden:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular/plural imperative

Inflected form of leien.

leit

1. inflection of leien:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

leit

1. Alternative form of leyt

leit

1. neuter singular of lei

leit

1. imperative of leite

From Old Norse leit.

• IPA^(key): /lɛɪːt/

leit (indeclinable?)

1. search; a look for

   Kva er du på leit etter?

   What are you looking for?

leit

1. past tense of lita
2. imperative of leita

• “leit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic лиꙗти (lijati), from Proto-Slavic *lijati (“to pour”), from *liti (“to pour”). The meaning was "as if poured into a mold", hence its derivation from "to pour".

leit m or n (feminine singular leită, masculine plural leiți, feminine and neuter plural leite)

1. alike, identical

• (Umeå) IPA^(key): /²leɪ̯ːt/
• (Burträsk) IPA^(key): /²le̞ɪ̯ːt/
• (Skellefteå) IPA^(key): /²lɑ̈ɪ̯ːt/

  Rhymes: -èɪ̯ːt

Like Old Norse -leitt, -leitr, leit and the below word derived from Old Norse líta (“to see.”) See also lett.

leit n

1. appearance and fineness of face and flesh; complexion, skin colour
2. colour in general

From Old Norse leita, from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną.

leit (preterite leitt)

1. to look for, seek, search for

   lejt koȯm

   to search for (the) cows