Leysa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - leysa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "leysa" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

leysa Old Icelandic word can mean:

leysa: 1) to loose, loosen, untie, undo (tók Skrýmir ok leysti nest-bagga sinn); l. knút, to undo a knot;

leysa: 2) impers. is dissolved, breaks up (skipit leysi undir þeim); snjó, ís leysir, the snow thaws, the ice breaks up; árnar (vötn) leysir or ísa leysir af vötnum, the ice breaks up on the rivers;

leysa: 5) to discharge, pay (bœndr hetu jarli stórfé at l. þat gjald, er á var kveðit);

leysa: 6) l. or l. af hendi, to perform, do (vel hefir þú leyst þitt erendi);

leysa: 8) to solve (a difficulty); hann leysti hvers manns vandræði, he helped every man in distress;

leysa: 9) to send away, dismiss (Oddr leysir menn þaðan með góðum gjöfum);

leysa: 10) to get rid of, dispatch (seint sœkist várum félaga at l. þenna úkunna mann);

leysa: 11) with preps. and advs., l. e-n brott, to dismiss (leysti Ásmundr hann brott með góðum gjöfum); l. e-n frá e-u, to rid one of a thing; l. ór e-u, to solve, explain, answer (K. leysti ór því öllu froðliga, sem hann spurði); l. e-t sundr, to dissolve; l. e-n undan e-u to release from, aquit of; l. e-n út to redeem (má vera, at þú náir at l. hann út héðan); to dismiss guests (leysti konungr þá út með sœmiligum gjöfum); to pay out (leysit Höskuldr út fé hans);

leysa: 12) refl. ~st, to decompose (tók hold þeirra at þrútna ok l. af kulda); to absent oneself (leystist þú svá hédan næstum, at þér var engi ván lífs af mér); fig. to get oneself clear (megu vér eigi annat ætla, en ~st af nökkuru eptir slfk stórvirki).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᛁᚢᛋᛅ

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.