læti

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See also: laeti, lati, latí, łati, lăți, Lati, Läti, and låti

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse læti, from Proto-Germanic *lētiją, from the root of láta (“to behave”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

læti n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. behaviour
  2. tumult, hullabaloo
  3. noise
  4. (poetic) voice

Declension[edit]

declension of læti
læti plural
indefinite definite
nominative læti lætin
accusative læti lætin
dative látum látunum
genitive láta látanna

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

læti n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of læte

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

læti n pl (dative látum)

  1. (collective) noise, cries
  2. (collective) manners, voice

Declension[edit]

  Declension of læti, (strong ija-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative læti lætin
accusative læti lætin
dative látum látunum
genitive láta látanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: læti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: læte

References[edit]

  • læti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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