*lesaną

Runic: ᛚᛖᛊᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈle.sɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to gather, collect

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *les- (‘to gather’). Cognate with Lithuanian lèsti (‘to pick, peck’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	lesō	lesaų	–
2nd singular	lisizi	lesaiz	les
3rd singular	lisidi	lesai	lesadau
1st dual	lesōz	lesaiw	–
2nd dual	lesadiz	lesaidiz	lesadiz
1st plural	lesamaz	lesaim	–
2nd plural	lisid	lesaid	lisid
3rd plural	lesandi	lesain	lesandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	lesai	–
2nd singular	lesazai	lesaizau
3rd singular	lesadai	lesaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	lesandai	lesaindau
2nd plural	lesandai	lesaindau
3rd plural	lesandai	lesaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	las	lēzį̄
2nd singular	last	lēzīz
3rd singular	las	lēzī
1st dual	lēzū	lēzīw
2nd dual	lēzudiz	lēzīdiz
1st plural	lēzum	lēzīm
2nd plural	lēzud	lēzīd
3rd plural	lēzun	lēzīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
lesaną	lesandz	lezanaz

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Descendants

*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesan (Old Dutch)
  - lēsen (Middle Dutch)
    - laeze, leuze (Limburgish)
*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesan (Old Dutch)
  - lēsen (Middle Dutch)
    - lezen (Dutch)
      - lees (Afrikaans)
      - lesi (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - lesen (Javindo)
      - lêze (Jersey Dutch)
      - alesedin (Lokono)
      - lesówu (Mahican)
      - lees (Negerhollands)
      - lesa, leza (Papiamentu)
*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesan (Old Dutch)
  - lēsen (Middle Dutch)
    - lezen (Dutch)
      - leisi (Sranan Tongo)
        
        leisi (Aukan)
        
        lési, Kari'na: resima (Caribbean Javanese)
        
        lési (Saramaccan)
*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesan (Old English)
  - lesen (Middle English)
    - lease (English)
    - lease (Scots)
*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesa (Old Frisian)
  - leze (Saterland Frisian)
  - lêze (West Frisian)
*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesan (Old High German)
  - lësen (Middle High German)
    - läse, lääse (Alemannic German)
    - lesn (Bavarian)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
    - lesen (German)
    - liesen (Luxembourgish)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - łaoza (Vilamovian)
*lesan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lesan (Old Saxon)
  - lēsen (Middle Low German)
    - lezen (Dutch Low Saxon)
    - lesen, läsen (German Low German)
    - läsen (Plautdietsch)
lesa (Old Norse)
- leså (Elfdalian)
- lesa (Faroese)
- läse (Gutnish)
- lesa (Icelandic)
- lese (Norwegian Bokmål)
- lesa (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- læsa (Scanian)
lesa (Old Norse)
- læsæ (Old Danish)
  - læse (Danish)
lesa (Old Norse)
- læsa (Old Swedish)
  - läsa (Swedish)
𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (lisan) (Gothic)

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