lýsa
Icelandic
/ˈliːsa/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (intransitive) to give off light; glow, shine
- (impersonal) to grow brighter i.e. ambient light increases
- (with dative object) to light someone’s way
- (with accusative object) to light, to illuminate, brighten
- (with accusative object) to lighten make lighter in color
- (with dative object) to describe
- to declare
- (with accusative object) to illuminate decorate a manuscript
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lýsa inherited from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*liuhsijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *liuhsijaną Proto-Germanic
- lysa Norwegian Nynorsk
- lýsa Old Norse
- lyse Danish
- friðlýsa Icelandic
- friður Icelandic
- lýsing Icelandic
- lýsingarorð Icelandic
- sjónvarpsörlýsing Icelandic
- yfirlýsing Icelandic
- lysa Old Swedish