leist
See also: Leist
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪ̯st/
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Verb
leist
- singular imperative of leisten
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
leist m (definite singular leisten, indefinite plural leister, definite plural leistene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by lest
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- lest
Etymology
From Old Norse leistr m, from Proto-Germanic *laistaz m (“track, trace; footprint”), from Proto-Indo-European *lóystos, from the root *leys- (“to trace, track”). Akin to English last, Swedish läst, and German Leisten.
Noun
leist m (definite singular leisten, indefinite plural leistar, definite plural leistane)
- a last (a tool in the shape of a human foot, for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes)
- (clothing) the foot-part of a stocking
Derived terms
- leista, leiste (verb)
- berrleista
- bli ved sin leist
- hoseleist
- labbeleist
- på leistane
- skjera alle over same leist
- skoleist
- sokkeleist
- strømpeleist
See also
- lest (Bokmål)
References
- “leist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- lesit, liste, silte, sleit, slite