OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# skateboard
## English
### Etymology

From skate +‎ board.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

skateboard (plural skateboards)
* (sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
* (automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.

#### Derived terms

* electric skateboard
* e-skateboard
* skateboard deck
* skateboarding
* skateboard rail
* skateboard truck
* skateboard wheel

#### Translations
### Verb

skateboard (third-person singular simple present skateboards, present participle skateboarding, simple past and past participle skateboarded)
* (intransitive) To use a skateboard.

#### Translations
## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skateboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈskɛjdbort], [ˈskɛjdboːrt]
* Hyphenation: skate‧board

### Noun

skateboard m inan (relational adjective skateboardový)
* skateboard

#### Derived terms

* skateboardista m anim
* skateboarďák m anim

#### Related terms

* skateboarding m inan

#### See also

* skatepark m inan
* snowboard m inan
* snowboarding m inan

### Further reading

* “skateboard”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskeːt.bɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: skate‧board

### Noun

skateboard n (plural skateboards, diminutive skateboardje n)
* skateboard

#### Related terms

* skateboarden
* skateboarder

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɛt.bɔʁd/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

skateboard m (countable and uncountable, plural skateboards)
* (uncountable) skateboarding
    Synonyms: skate, planche à roulettes
    Le skateboard est l’une de ses activités favorites.Skateboarding is one of his favorite activities.
* (countable) skateboard
    Synonyms: skate m, planche de skate, planche à roulettes, planche à roues
    Ce magasin a vendu énormément de skateboards l’année passée.This store sold a huge number of skateboards last year.

#### Usage notes

Proscribed by the Office québécois de la langue française.

#### Related terms

* skateboardeur m
* skater m
* skateur m

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skateboard.

### Noun

skateboard n (plural skateboarduri)
* skateboard

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

skateboard m (plural skateboards)
* skateboard

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* skejtboard

### Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

### Noun

skateboard c
* a skateboard
    Synonyms: rullbräda, bräda (“board”)
    åka skateboardride a skateboard / go skateboarding
* (sports) skateboarding
    tävla i skateboardcompete in skateboarding

#### Derived terms

* skateboardåkare (“skateboarder”)
* skateboardåkning (“skateboarding”)

#### Related terms

* skateboarda

#### See also

* skejta
* skejtare
* snowboard
* wakeboard

### References

* skateboard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skateboard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
# folgen
## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną. Doublet of followen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔlɡŋ̩/, /ˈfɔlɡən/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

folgen (weak, third-person singular present folgt, past tense folgte, past participle gefolgt, auxiliary sein) (intransitive)
* to follow (on the same path or in a sequence) [with dative ‘someone’]
    Der Held folgte dem Drachen zu seiner Höhle. ― The hero followed the dragon to its cave.
    Drei Jahre später folgte eine Fortsetzung des ersten Films.Three years later a sequel followed the first film.
* to understand, to be attentive to [with dative ‘something, e.g. a book, film plot, etc.’]
    Ich konnte der Handlung des Films nicht folgen.I couldn't follow the plot of the film.
* to follow (as a consequence), to result [with aus (+ dative) ‘from something’]
    Daraus folgt, dass der Butler es getan hat. ― It follows that the butler did it.
* to obey, to follow, to accede, to comply with [with dative ‘instructions, advice, a request, rules, the law, etc.’]
    Ich habe entschieden, Ihrem Rat zu folgen. ― I've decided to follow your advice.
    Das Gericht ist dem Antrag nicht gefolgt. ― The court has not acceded to the request.
* (social media) to follow (to subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform) [with dative ‘someone, an account, etc.’]
    Synonym: followen

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* befolgen
* entfolgen
* erfolgen
* folgend
* folgsam
* verfolgen

#### Related terms

* aufeinanderfolgen
* nachfolgen

### Further reading

* “folgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “folgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “folgen” in Duden online
* “folgen” in OpenThesaurus.de
* “folgen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

### Anagrams

* flogen

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* folkēn

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną.

### Verb

folgēn
* to follow [with dative]

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: volgen
** Alemannic German: folge
** Bavarian: foign
    Cimbrian: vòlgan, bòlgan (Mezzaselva)
    Mòcheno: volng
** German: folgen
** Luxembourgish: follegen
** Yiddish: פֿאָלגן (folgn)
# ridurre
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin redūcere (“to reduce”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /riˈdur.re/
* Rhymes: -urre
* Hyphenation: ri‧dùr‧re
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

ridùrre (first-person singular present ridùco, first-person singular past historic ridùssi, past participle ridótto, first-person singular imperfect riducévo, auxiliary avére)
* (transitive) to reduce
    Synonym: ridimensionare
* (transitive) to cut or pare down
    Synonyms: diminuire, abbassare
* (transitive) to crop (photo, etc.)

#### Related terms

* riducibile
* riducimento
* ridursi
* riduttivo
* riduttore
* riduzione
# thalamus
## English
### Etymology

From Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθæləməs/

### Noun

thalamus (plural thalami or thalamuses)
* (neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
    Holonym: diencephalon
* (botany) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
* A thallus.
* An inner room or nuptial chamber.

#### Derived terms

* hypothalamus
* thalamectomy
* thalamic
* thalamically

#### Related terms

* thalamo-

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “thalamus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “thalamus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “thalamus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* talamus

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtalamus]

### Noun

thalamus m inan
* thalamus

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos).

### Noun

thalamus m (plural thalamus)
* (anatomy) thalamus

#### Derived terms

* thalamique

#### Descendants

* → Persian: تالاموس (tâlâmus)

### Further reading

* “thalamus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos, “inner room”), especially from Homer.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈtʰa.la.mus/, [ˈt̪ʰäɫ̪ämʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈta.la.mus/, [ˈt̪äːlämus]

### Noun

thalamus m (genitive thalamī); second declension
* inner room, apartment of a house
* bedroom, chamber
* marriage bed
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.689–690:crēdit amāns thalamōsque parat, dēdūcitur illūc Ānnā tegēns voltus, ut nova nūpta, suōs.The lover believes her, and prepares a bedchamber. Anna, covering her face as a new bride, is escorted to it. (trans. Anne and Peter Wiseman, 2011)
* (by extension, figuratively) marriage

#### Declension

Second-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: tàlem
* → English: thalamus
* → French: thalamus
* Galician: tambo (obsolete)
* Italian: talamo
* Sicilian: tàlamu
* Spanish: tálamo

### References

* “thalamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “thalamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* thalamus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* thalamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “thalamus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “thalamus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
# bête
## French
### Alternative forms

* b*t* (censored)

### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French beste, from Old French beste, probably partially borrowed from Classical Latin bēstia (“beast”), or less likely from an alternative Vulgar Latin bēsta (“animal”). Compare biche (probably from Old French bisse, itself from Vulgar Latin bīstia; compare Italian biscia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛt/
** Audio (France):(file)
** Homophones: bêtes, bette, bettes
* IPA: /bɛːt/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
** Audio (Canada):(file)
** Homophone: bêtes

### Noun

bête f (plural bêtes)
* beast, animal
    Synonym: animal
* (derogatory) fool
    Je pense qu’il est une bête !I think that he is a fool!

#### Derived terms

* abêtir
* âge bête
* bébête
* bêta
* bétail
* bête à Bon Dieu
* bête à manger du foin
* bête comme chou
* bête comme ses deux pieds
* bête comme ses pieds
* bête de foire
* bête de scène
* bête de sexe
* bête de somme
* bête noire
* bête-puante
* bêtement
* bêtifier
* bêtise
* chercher la petite bête
* contracibête
* ébêtir
* embêter
* morte la bête, mort le venin
* pense-bête
* rabêtir
* reprendre du poil de la bête

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: bèt
* → Dutch: bête
* → Swedish: bet

### Adjective

bête (plural bêtes)
* (offensive) stupid; inept (not very bright and lacking in judgement)
    Synonym: idiot
** 1895, Lecture, page 285:Or, on ne trouve pas « vraiment beau ! » ce qui vous laisse indifférent, et ce qu’on trouve « vraiment bête ! » , on est bien près d’y renoncer.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* silly; avoidable (which could have been easily averted)
* (Canada, informal) grumpy (having a bad character or in a bad mood; showing great displeasure in interacting with people)
** 1999, Chrystine Brouillet, Les Fiancées de l'Enfer, →ISBN, page 69:Je dis ça, mais depuis quelques semaines elle est moins bête. Même avec moiI say that, but these last few weeks she hasn't been as nasty [lit: "less of a beast"]. Even with me.

#### Related terms

* abêtifier
* bestiaire
* bestial
* bestiau
* bestiole
* bêtement
* bêtise
* bêtisier

### References

* “bête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

* “bête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* baête (continental Normandy)
* beet (Sark)

### Etymology

From Old French beste, from Latin bēstia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beit/, /bøit/
* (Saint Ouën) IPA: /bɛːt/
* (Sark) IPA: /bwɛːt/
* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

bête f (plural bêtes)
* (Jersey, Guernsey) beast, animal
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 542:I' va d'vànt ses bêtes.He is going before his team.

### Adjective

bête m or f
* (Jersey) stupid
# efni
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse efni, from Proto-Germanic *abniją. Cognate with Faroese evni, Danish evne, Norwegian Nynorsk emne, Swedish ämne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛpnɪ/
* Rhymes: -ɛpnɪ

### Noun

efni n (genitive singular efnis, nominative plural efni)
* fabric
* substance, material
** chemical
* subject, matter, ingredient
* means

#### Derived terms

* andefni
* efnafræði
* efnisyfirlit
* efniviður
* óefni

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abniją.

### Noun

efni n (genitive efnis)
* stuff, material
* matter of discourse
* matter, affair
* cause, reason
* state, condition, affair
* (plural only) means

#### Related terms

* efna

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: efni
* Faroese: evni
* Norn: even
* Norwegian: emne; (dialectal) evne, ebne
** → Danish: emne
*** Norwegian Bokmål: emne
* Old Swedish: æfni
** Swedish: ämne
* Danish: evne
** Norwegian Bokmål: evne
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: evne
* Gutnish: ämne
* → Middle English: efne, efene, evene, even
** Scots: evyne, evyn, evin

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “efni”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz. Related to evan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈef.ni/, /ˈev.ni/

### Adjective

efni (comparative efniro, superlative efnist)
* plain
# heill
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse heill (compare Faroese heilur, Norwegian Nynorsk heil Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, and Swedish hel), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (compare English whole, hale, Dutch heel, German heil), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heitl/
    Rhymes: -eitl

### Adjective

heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur)
* healthy
    Synonym: heilbrigður
* complete, entire, whole
    Synonym: allur
    Þetta tók heilt ár!This took a whole year!
* undamaged, in one piece
    Synonym: óskaddaður

#### Derived terms

* heil tala (“an integer”)
* heill á geði
* heill á húfi (“safe and sound”)
* heill og sæll (“welcome!”)
* heilu og höldnu (“safe and sound”)
* með heilum hug
* ráða heilt (“to give sound advice”)
* taka aldrei á heilum sér (“to be always in bad health”)

### Noun

heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir) or (in fixed expressions) heill n pl (plural only, genitive plural heilla)
* success, luck, happiness
    árna/óska einhverjum heilla ― to wish someone luck
    heillin (mín) (in direct address) ― my dear
    vera til heilla ― to be for the best
    vera heillum horfinn ― to be out of luck
    ... góðu heilli ― luckily
    ... illu heilli ― unfortunately

#### Declension

or (in fixed expressions)

#### Derived terms

* árna heilla
* illu heilli

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* hęill

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

### Adjective

heill
* whole
* healthy, hale
    heill sé þúmay you be hale
* (before a noun, agreeing with it) hail (interjection)
** 900s–1000s, Anonymous, Sigrdrífumál (‘the speeches of Sigrdrífa’), stanza 3
    Heill dagr! / Heilir dags synir! Heill nótt ok nipt! óreiðum augum / litið okkr þinig ok gefið sitjǫndum sigr!Hail the day! Hail the sons of day! Hail night and her kinswoman! With friendly eyes look ye hither upon us two, and give the sitting ones victory.

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: heill
* Faroese: heilur
* Norwegian Nynorsk: heil
** → Norwegian Bokmål: heil
* Old Swedish: hēl
** Swedish: hel
* Old Danish: hel, hiæl
** Danish: hel
*** Norwegian Bokmål: hel
* → Middle English: heil
** English: hail
** Scots: hail
# hnot
## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts. Cognate with Faroese nøt, Norwegian Bokmål nøtt, Norwegian nòt, Danish nød, Swedish nöt, English nut, Dutch noot, German Nuss, and Latin nux.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /n̥ɔːt/

### Noun

hnot f (genitive singular hnotar, nominative plural (small ball of yarn) hnotir or hnotur or (nut) hnetur)
* small ball of yarn
* (rare) nut
    Synonym: hneta

#### Declension

$^1$Small ball of yarn. $^2$Nut.

#### Derived terms

* haslahnot
* heslihnot
* hnotabit
* hnotabítast
* Hnotasteinn
* hnotber
* hnotbrjótur
* hnotbrúnn, hnotbrún, hnotbrúnt
* hnotgjarn, hnotgjörn, hnotgjarnt
* Hnothamrar
* hnotkráka
* hnotskel
* hnotskógur
* hnotskurn
* hnotsörvi
* hnottajörð
* hnotti
* hnottré
* Hnotuberg
* hnotubrjótur
* hnotubrúnn, hnotubrún, hnotubrúnt
* hnotuskel
* hnotutré
* hnotviður
* í hnotskurn
* jarðhnot
* kókoshnot
* valhnot

#### See also

* hnota

## Old English
### Etymology

Unknown.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xnot/, [n̥ot]

### Adjective

hnot
* bald
* cropped, pollarded (of trees, plants)

#### Descendants

* English: nott

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-. Cognate with Old English hnutu (English nut), Dutch noot, Old High German nuz (German Nuss).

### Noun

hnot f (genitive hnotar, plural hnetr or hnøtr, genitive plural hnata)
* nut

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: hnot
* Faroese: nøt, nøta, nytur
* Norwegian Nynorsk: nòt
** ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: nate-
* Norwegian Bokmål: nøtt
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: nøtt
* Old Swedish: nut, not
** Swedish: nöt
* Danish: nød

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hnot”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
# lifa
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Faroese liva, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪːva/
    Rhymes: -ɪːva

### Verb

lifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lifði, supine lifað)
* (intransitive) to live
** Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
    Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
* to experience something [with accusative]
    Synonym: reyna
* to survive, to endure, to come through [intransitive or with accusative]
    Synonyms: endast, þrauka
    Ég lifi.I'll come through.
* (intransitive, of fire) to burn
    Synonyms: loga, brenna
    Eldurinn lifir.The fire is burning.

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* lengi lifa
* lifa af
* lifa á
* lifa sig inn í
* mega lengi lifa

### Anagrams

* afli

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliː.fɑ/, [ˈliː.vɑ]

### Noun

līfa
* genitive plural of līf

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live, to be alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Old English libban, Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old Dutch libben, Old High German lebēn, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).

### Verb

lifa (singular past indicative lifði, plural past indicative lifðu, past participle lifaðr)
* to live
* to be alive

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: lifa
* Faroese: liva
* Norwegian Nynorsk: leva, liva (pre-1917 spelling)
* Old Swedish: liva, leffua
** Swedish: leva, lefva (pre-1906 spelling)
* Danish: leve
** Norwegian Bokmål: leve

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lifa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swazi
### Etymology

From li- +‎ -fa.

### Noun

lîfá class 5 (plural émâfá class 6)
* inheritance
* growth under the skin

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Volapük
### Noun

lifa
* genitive singular of lif
# liggja
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

### Verb

liggja (third person singular past indicative lá, third person plural past indicative lógu, supine ligið)
* to lie (on a bed etc.)

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* "liggja" at Sprotin.fo

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪcːa/
    Rhymes: -ɪcːa

### Verb

liggja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lá, third-person plural past indicative lágu, supine legið)
* to lie (on a bed etc.)
* to be located, to lie
* to lead (e.g. of a road)

#### Derived terms

* allir vegir liggja til Rómar
* liggja fyrir (“to lie in bed”)
* liggja í augum uppi (“to be obvious”)
* liggja í kör
* liggja í því (“to be in trouble”)
* liggja vel á (“to be in high spirits”)
* liggja við (“to be at stake”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* liggje
* ligga, ligge

### Etymology

From Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Akin to English lie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²lɪjːɑ/, /²lɪɟ͡ʝːɑ/, /²lɪʝːɑ/

### Verb

liggja (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggjast, present participle liggjande, imperative ligg)
* to lie (to be in a horizontal position.)
    Kvifor ligg du her?Why are you lying here?
* to lie (location), be located
    Kvar ligg kjøpesenteret?Where is the shopping centre located?

#### Conjugation
### References

* “liggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Old English liċġan, Old Saxon liggian, Old Frisian lidzia, Old High German liggen, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan).

### Verb

liggja
* to lie (on a bed etc.)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: liggja
* Faroese: liggja
* Norwegian Nynorsk: liggja
* Elfdalian: ligga
* Old Swedish: liggia
** Swedish: ligga
* Old Danish: liggæ
** Danish: ligge
*** Norwegian Bokmål: ligge
**** → Norwegian Nynorsk: ligga
** Scanian: ligga
* Old Gutnish: liggia
** Gutnish: ligge

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “liggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
# læra
## Faroese
### Etymology

From late Old Norse læra, lǽra, from Old Saxon lērian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛaːɹa]

### Noun

læra f (genitive singular læru, plural lærur)
* teachings

#### Derived terms

* bendingarlæra (morphology)
* heimstaðarlæra (local history)
* ljóðlæra (phonetics)
* mállæra (grammar)
* orðalagslæra (syntax)
* teldulæra (computer science)

### Verb

læra (third person singular past indicative lærdi, third person plural past indicative lært, supine lært)
* to learn
* to teach

#### Synonyms

* (learn): læra seg

### Related terms

* lærari (teacher)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaiːra/
    Rhymes: -aiːra

### Etymology 1

From late Old Norse læra, lǽra, from Old Saxon lērian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laizijaną.

#### Verb

læra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lærði, supine lært)
* (intransitive) to learn, to study
** Timothy 2:11-12 (English, Icelandic)
    Konan á að læra í kyrrþey, í allri undirgefni. Ekki leyfi ég konu að kenna eða taka sér vald yfir manninum, heldur á hún að vera kyrrlát.A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.
* to study something, to learn something [with accusative]
    Ég er að læra strjála stærðfræði.I'm studying discrete mathematics.

##### Derived terms

* læra utanbókar (“learn by heart”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

læra
* indefinite genitive plural of læri

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* læren

### Noun

læra m or f
* definite feminine singular of lære

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* lære

### Etymology

From Old Norse læra. Akin to English learn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²læːrɑ/

### Verb

læra (present tense lærer, past tense lærte, past participle lært, passive infinitive lærast, present participle lærande, imperative lær)
* to learn
* to teach

### Noun

læra f (definite singular læra, indefinite plural lærer or læror, definite plural lærene or lærone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of lære
* definite singular of lære

### References

* “læra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.