*lētaną

Runic: ᛚᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlɛː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 7d

Meanings

to let, to allow
to leave alone

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (‘to let (go), be tired’). Compare Latin lassus (‘tired’), Albanian lodh, and possibly Ancient Greek ληδεῖν (lēdeîn) (lēdeîn, ‘to be tired’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	lētō	lētaų	–
2nd singular	lētizi	lētaiz	lēt
3rd singular	lētidi	lētai	lētadau
1st dual	lētōz	lētaiw	–
2nd dual	lētadiz	lētaidiz	lētadiz
1st plural	lētamaz	lētaim	–
2nd plural	lētid	lētaid	lētid
3rd plural	lētandi	lētain	lētandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	lētai	–
2nd singular	lētazai	lētaizau
3rd singular	lētadai	lētaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	lētandai	lētaindau
2nd plural	lētandai	lētaindau
3rd plural	lētandai	lētaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	lelōt	leltį̄
2nd singular	lelōst	leltīz
3rd singular	lelōt	leltī
1st dual	leltū	leltīw
2nd dual	leltudiz	leltīdiz
1st plural	leltum	leltīm
2nd plural	leltud	leltīd
3rd plural	leltun	leltīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
lētaną	lētandz	lētanaz

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Descendants

*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lātan (Old Dutch)
  - lâten (Middle Dutch)
    - laote (Limburgish)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lātan (Old Dutch)
  - lâten (Middle Dutch)
    - laten (Dutch)
      - laat (Afrikaans)
      - latn (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - lâte (Jersey Dutch)
      - at (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lǣtan (Old English)
  - leten, letten (Middle English)
    - let (English)
    - lat, let, lete (Scots)
    - leth (Yola)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēta (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - läite (Saterland Frisian)
  - litte (West Frisian)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - lāȥen, lān (Middle High German)
    - laa, la, loo, lo, lou, lah (Alemannic German)
    - låssn (Bavarian)
    - loße, losse (Central Franconian)
    - lossn (East Central German)
    - lassen (German)
    - loossen (Luxembourgish)
    - לאָזן (lozn) (Yiddish)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - laîssi (Norman)
    - laissier (Picard)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - *lesen (Middle English)
      - lease, leaze (English)
      - lease (Scots)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - *lesen (Middle English)
      - léas (Middle Irish)
        
        léas (Irish)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - laisser, laissier (Middle French)
      - laisser (French)
        
        lezel (Breton)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - lais, laiie, laissie, lesse (Old French)
      - lees, leese, leece, lese (Middle English)
        
        lease (English)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - lais, laiie, laissie, lesse (Old French)
      - lees, leese, leece, lese (Middle English)
        
        leesshe, leysche, lesshe (Middle English)
        
        leash (English)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāzan, lāȥȥan (Old High German)
  - laissier, laiser, laisier, laisser, lesser, lessier (Old French)
    - lais, laiie, laissie, lesse (Old French)
      - laie, laissie, laisse (Middle French)
        
        laisse (English)
        
        laisse (French)
        
        lassa (Italian)
        
        laja (Spanish)
*lātan (Proto-West Germanic)
- lātan (Old Saxon)
  - lāten (Middle Low German)
    - laten (Low German)
      - laten, låten (German Low German)
láta (Old Norse)
- låta (Elfdalian)
- láta (Faroese)
- láta (Icelandic)
láta (Old Norse)
- ? (Norwegian)
  - la (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - la, lata, late (Norwegian Nynorsk)
láta (Old Norse)
- latæ (Old Danish)
  - lade (Danish)
láta (Old Norse)
- lāta (Old Swedish)
  - låta (Swedish)
𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (leitan) (Gothic)
𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan) (Gothic)

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