löstur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫstr, from the root of Proto-Germanic *lahaną (“to blame, fault, reproach”), related to Old High German lastar (“vice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlœstʏr/

  Rhymes: -œstʏr

Noun

löstur m (genitive singular lastar, nominative plural lestir)

1. fault, flaw, vice
2. (archaic or poetic) moral misdemeanor, immoral or sinful action

Declension

declension of löstur

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	löstur	lösturinn	lestir	lestirnir
accusative	löst	löstinn	lesti	lestina
dative	lesti	lestinum	löstum	löstunum
genitive	lastar	lastarins	lasta	lastanna

References

• löstur in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.