ljósta

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ljósta, from Proto-Germanic *leustaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ljósta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative laust, third-person plural past indicative lustu, supine lostið)

  1. (somewhat archaic or poetic) to hit, to strike
    Eldingu laust niður í fánastöngina í óveðrinu í gærkvöld.
    Lightning struck through the flagpole in the storm yesterday evening.

Usage notes

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This verb is somewhat archaic or poetic, and its use in everyday language is mostly limited to references to lightning strikes and the set phrases skelfingu lostinn (horror-stricken), and steini lostinn (awestruck, stone-stricken).

Conjugation

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *leustaną.

Verb

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ljósta (singular past indicative laust, plural past indicative lustu, past participle lostinn)

  1. to strike, smite
  2. to strike, hit (with a spear, arrow)
  3. (impersonal)
    laust í bardaga með þeim mikinn
    it came to a great battle between them

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: ljósta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lystre
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ljostra
  • Swedish: ljustra

References

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  • ljósta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press