"leið" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /leiːð/
Rhymes: -eiːð Etymology: From Old Norse leið, from Proto-Germanic *laidō. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|leið}} Old Norse leið, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*laidō}} Proto-Germanic *laidō Head templates: {{head|is|nouns|genitive singular|leiðar|||||||nominative plural|leiðir|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} leið f (genitive singular leiðar, nominative plural leiðir), {{is-noun|f|leiðar|leiðir}} leið f (genitive singular leiðar, nominative plural leiðir) Inflection templates: {{is-decl-noun-f-s2|l|ei|ð}}, {{is-decl-noun-base|f-s2|accp=leiðir|accpd=leiðirnar|accs=leið|accsd=leiðina|datp=leiðum|datpd=leiðunum|dats=leið|datsd=leiðinni|def={{{def}}}|genp=leiða|genpd=leiðanna|gens=leiðar|gensd=leiðarinnar|indef={{{indef}}}|nomp=leiðir|nompd=leiðirnar|noms=leið|nomsd=leiðin|pl={{{pl}}}|sg={{{sg}}}}}, {{is-decl-noun-base/sgpl|f-s2|accp=leiðir|accpd=leiðirnar|accs=leið|accsd=leiðina|datp=leiðum|datpd=leiðunum|dats=leið|datsd=leiðinni|genp=leiða|genpd=leiðanna|gens=leiðar|gensd=leiðarinnar|nomp=leiðir|nompd=leiðirnar|noms=leið|nomsd=leiðin}} Forms: leiðar [genitive, singular], leiðir [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], leið [indefinite, nominative, singular], leiðin [definite, nominative, singular], leiðir [indefinite, nominative, plural], leiðirnar [definite, nominative, plural], leið [accusative, indefinite, singular], leiðina [accusative, definite, singular], leiðir [accusative, indefinite, plural], leiðirnar [accusative, definite, plural], leið [dative, indefinite, singular], leiðinni [dative, definite, singular], leiðum [dative, indefinite, plural], leiðunum [dative, definite, plural], leiðar [genitive, indefinite, singular], leiðarinnar [definite, genitive, singular], leiða [genitive, indefinite, plural], leiðanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. route, way, course Tags: feminine Synonyms (route, way): vegur, braut, slóð
    Sense id: en-leið-is-noun-~Eijvs2F Disambiguation of 'route, way': 96 4
  2. method, means Tags: feminine Synonyms (method): aðferð [feminine], meðal [archaic, neuter]
    Sense id: en-leið-is-noun-hXIUqqGy Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 1 25 9 12 8 1 1 23 3 17 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 21 59 19 Disambiguation of 'method': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hjáleið, brjóta sér leið, ryðja sér leið, um leið
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|is|verb form}} leið
  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of líða Tags: active, first-person, form-of, indicative, past, singular, third-person Form of: líða
    Sense id: en-leið-is-verb-GJqXaMFv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hjáleið"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "brjóta sér leið"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ryðja sér leið"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "um leið"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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        "1": "is",
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      "expansion": "Old Norse leið",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*laidō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laidō",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse leið, from Proto-Germanic *laidō.",
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    {
      "form": "leiðar",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðir",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "is-decl-noun-f-s2",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leið",
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        "accusative",
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    },
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      "form": "leiðina",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðir",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðinni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "12": "leiðir",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "leiðar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g3": "",
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      "expansion": "leið f (genitive singular leiðar, nominative plural leiðir)",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "leið f (genitive singular leiðar, nominative plural leiðir)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "l",
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        "3": "ð"
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    },
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        "accp": "leiðir",
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        "accs": "leið",
        "accsd": "leiðina",
        "datp": "leiðum",
        "datpd": "leiðunum",
        "dats": "leið",
        "datsd": "leiðinni",
        "def": "{{{def}}}",
        "genp": "leiða",
        "genpd": "leiðanna",
        "gens": "leiðar",
        "gensd": "leiðarinnar",
        "indef": "{{{indef}}}",
        "nomp": "leiðir",
        "nompd": "leiðirnar",
        "noms": "leið",
        "nomsd": "leiðin",
        "pl": "{{{pl}}}",
        "sg": "{{{sg}}}"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "f-s2",
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        "accs": "leið",
        "accsd": "leiðina",
        "datp": "leiðum",
        "datpd": "leiðunum",
        "dats": "leið",
        "datsd": "leiðinni",
        "genp": "leiða",
        "genpd": "leiðanna",
        "gens": "leiðar",
        "gensd": "leiðarinnar",
        "nomp": "leiðir",
        "nompd": "leiðirnar",
        "noms": "leið",
        "nomsd": "leiðin"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-noun-base/sgpl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen\nRíðum, ríðum, rekum yfir sandinn,\nrökkrið er að síða á Herðubreið,\nálfadrottning er að beizla gandinn,\nekki er gott að verða á hennar leið;\nvænsta klárinn vildi eg gefa til\nað vera kominn ofan í Kiðagil.\nRide, ride, ride hard across the sands,\ndarkness settles over Herðubreið.\nThe Queen of the elves bridles her steed -\nbe careful not to cross her path.\nMy best horse I'd sacrifice\nto be safely back in Kiðagil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "route, way, course"
      ],
      "id": "en-leið-is-noun-~Eijvs2F",
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "sense": "route, way",
          "word": "vegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "sense": "route, way",
          "word": "braut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "sense": "route, way",
          "word": "slóð"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 25 9 12 8 1 1 23 3 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 59 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "method, means"
      ],
      "id": "en-leið-is-noun-hXIUqqGy",
      "links": [
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "method",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aðferð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "method",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "meðal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leiːð/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eiːð"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leið"
}

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      },
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  "lang_code": "is",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "líða"
        }
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      ],
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          "líða",
          "líða#Icelandic"
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic non-lemma forms",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
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    {
      "word": "hjáleið"
    },
    {
      "word": "brjóta sér leið"
    },
    {
      "word": "ryðja sér leið"
    },
    {
      "word": "um leið"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse leið, from Proto-Germanic *laidō.",
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    {
      "form": "leiðar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-decl-noun-f-s2",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leið",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðirnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðinni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðunum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðarinnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leiðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "g3": "",
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        "accp": "leiðir",
        "accpd": "leiðirnar",
        "accs": "leið",
        "accsd": "leiðina",
        "datp": "leiðum",
        "datpd": "leiðunum",
        "dats": "leið",
        "datsd": "leiðinni",
        "def": "{{{def}}}",
        "genp": "leiða",
        "genpd": "leiðanna",
        "gens": "leiðar",
        "gensd": "leiðarinnar",
        "indef": "{{{indef}}}",
        "nomp": "leiðir",
        "nompd": "leiðirnar",
        "noms": "leið",
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        "sg": "{{{sg}}}"
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      "args": {
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        "accp": "leiðir",
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        "accs": "leið",
        "accsd": "leiðina",
        "datp": "leiðum",
        "datpd": "leiðunum",
        "dats": "leið",
        "datsd": "leiðinni",
        "genp": "leiða",
        "genpd": "leiðanna",
        "gens": "leiðar",
        "gensd": "leiðarinnar",
        "nomp": "leiðir",
        "nompd": "leiðirnar",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen\nRíðum, ríðum, rekum yfir sandinn,\nrökkrið er að síða á Herðubreið,\nálfadrottning er að beizla gandinn,\nekki er gott að verða á hennar leið;\nvænsta klárinn vildi eg gefa til\nað vera kominn ofan í Kiðagil.\nRide, ride, ride hard across the sands,\ndarkness settles over Herðubreið.\nThe Queen of the elves bridles her steed -\nbe careful not to cross her path.\nMy best horse I'd sacrifice\nto be safely back in Kiðagil."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "route, way, course"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "course",
          "course"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "method, means"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/leiːð/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eiːð"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "route, way",
      "word": "vegur"
    },
    {
      "sense": "route, way",
      "word": "braut"
    },
    {
      "sense": "route, way",
      "word": "slóð"
    },
    {
      "sense": "method",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aðferð"
    },
    {
      "sense": "method",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meðal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leið"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic non-lemma forms",
    "Icelandic verb forms",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse feminine nouns",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse ō-stem nouns",
    "non:Collectives"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "leið",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "líða"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first/third-person singular past indicative active of líða"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "líða",
          "líða#Icelandic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "leið"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Icelandic]; cleaned text: f-s2",
  "path": [
    "leið"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "leið",
  "trace": ""
}

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