lesan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• lèzan (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”). Cognate with German lesen, Dutch lezen, English lease (“to gather”), Icelandic lesa.

Verb

lesan

1. (Luserna) to read

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Verb

lesan

1. to gather, to collect
2. to read

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: lēsen
  • Dutch: lezen
    • Afrikaans: lees
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: lesi
    • Javindo: lesen
    • Jersey Dutch: lêze
    • Negerhollands: lees
    • → Lokono: alesedin
    • →? Mahican: lesówu
    • → Papiamentu: lesa, leza
    • → Sranan Tongo: leisi
      • Aukan: leisi
      • Saramaccan: lési
      • → Caribbean Javanese: lési
      • → Kari'na: resima
  • Limburgish: laeze, leuze

Further reading

• “lesan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈle.sɑn/, [ˈle.zɑn].

Verb

lesan

1. to gather, collect

Conjugation

Conjugation of lesan (strong class 5)

infinitive	lesan	lesenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	lese	læs
second person singular	list	lǣre
third person singular	list	læs
plural	lesaþ	lǣron
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	lese	lǣre
plural	lesen	lǣren
imperative
singular	les
plural	lesaþ
participle	present	past
	lesende	(ġe)leren

Descendants

• English: lease

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną.

Verb

lesan

1. to read, to read aloud, to examine, to collect

Conjugation

Conjugation of lesan (strong class 5)

infinitive	lesan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	lisu, liso	las
2nd person singular	lisis, lisist	lāri
3rd person singular	lisit	las
1st person plural	lesem, lesemēs	lārum, lārumēs
2nd person plural	leset	lārut
3rd person plural	lesant	lārun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	lese	lāri
2nd person singular	lesēs, lesēst	lārīs, lārīst
3rd person singular	lese	lāri
1st person plural	lesēm, lesemēs	lārīm, lārīmēs
2nd person plural	lesēt	lārīt
3rd person plural	lesēn	lārīn
imperative	present
singular	lis
plural	leset
participle	present	past
	lesanti	les

Descendants

• Middle High German: lësen
  • Alemannic German: läse, lääse
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: lesan, lèzan (Sette Comuni)

  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: lese

  • German: lesen
  • Luxembourgish: liesen
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: lese

  • Vilamovian: łaoza

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lesaną. The sense ‘to read’, found throughout North and West Germanic except English, is a semantic loan from Latin legō.

Verb

lesan

1. to gather, collect
2. to read

Conjugation

Conjugation of lesan (strong class 5)

infinitive	lesan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	lisu	las
2nd person singular	lisis	lāri
3rd person singular	lisid	las
plural	lesad	lārun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	lese	lāri
2nd person singular	leses	lāris
3rd person singular	lese	lāri
plural	lesen	lārin
imperative	present
singular	les
plural	lesad
participle	present	past
	lisandi	gileran, leran

Descendants

• German Low German: lesen