leiður

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leiðr, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz. Compare German leid, where "einer Sache leid sein" (to be tired of something), still has the same meaning like the Icelandic cognate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

leiður (comparative leiðari, superlative leiðastur)

  1. (archaic or poetic) wearisome, annoying
  2. annoyed, vexed; especially with preposition á: fed up (with), tired (of)
    Ég er orðinn leiður á þessu.
    I have grown tired of this. / I’m fed up with this.
  3. sad

Inflection