leysa

From Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.

Cognate with Dutch lozen, English loose (from Old Norse lauss), obsolete English leese (from Old English līesan), German lösen; also Danish løse, Faroese loysa, Norwegian Bokmål løse/løyse, Norwegian nynorsk løyse/løysa and Swedish lösa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleiːsa/

  Rhymes: -eiːsa

leysa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative leysti, supine leyst)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to loosen
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to resolve, to solve, to unravel

   Ég er að reyna að leysa þetta vandamál.

   I am trying to solve this problem.

3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to untie, to extricate, unfasten
4. (impersonal, of snow) with various meanings, e.g. of snow thawing

   Snjóinn leysir. þolfallsfrumlag (“an accusative subject”)

   The snow is thawing.

   Móðurinni leystist höfn. þágufallsfrumlag (“a dative subject”)

   The mother lost her unborn child.

• (loosen): losa
• (solve): ráða, ráða fram úr, finna lausn, finna lausn á
• (untie): losa

• losna