lypta

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• lyfta

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lypta (singular past indicative lypti, plural past indicative lyptu, past participle lyptr)

1. to lift, raise [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of lypta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	lypta
present participle	lyptandi
past participle	lyptr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lypti	lypta
2nd-person singular	lyptir	lyptir
3rd-person singular	lyptir	lypti
1st-person plural	lyptum	lyptum
2nd-person plural	lyptið	lyptuð
3rd-person plural	lypta	lyptu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lypta	lypta
2nd-person singular	lyptir	lyptir
3rd-person singular	lypti	lypti
1st-person plural	lyptim	lyptim
2nd-person plural	lyptið	lyptið
3rd-person plural	lypti	lypti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lypt, lypti
1st-person plural	lyptum
2nd-person plural	lyptið

Conjugation of lypta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	lyptask
present participle	lyptandisk
past participle	lypsk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lyptumk	lyptumk
2nd-person singular	lyptisk	lyptisk
3rd-person singular	lyptisk	lyptisk
1st-person plural	lyptumsk	lyptumsk
2nd-person plural	lyptizk	lyptuzk
3rd-person plural	lyptask	lyptusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lyptumk	lyptumk
2nd-person singular	lyptisk	lyptisk
3rd-person singular	lyptisk	lyptisk
1st-person plural	lyptimsk	lyptimsk
2nd-person plural	lyptizk	lyptizk
3rd-person plural	lyptisk	lyptisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lypsk, lyptisk
1st-person plural	lyptumsk
2nd-person plural	lyptizk

Related terms

• lopt n

Descendants

• Icelandic: lyfta
• Faroese: lyfta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lyfta, lyfte, løfta, løfte
• Norwegian Bokmål: løfte
• Old Swedish: lypta
  • Swedish: lyfta
• Danish: løfte
• → Middle English: lyften, liften
  • English: lift
  • Scots: lyft, lift

Further reading

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lypta

1. to lift, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of lypta (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	lypta			—
participle	lyptandi, lyptande			lypter
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lyptir	lypti, lypte	—	lypti, lypte	lypti, lypte
þū	lyptir	lypti, lypte	lypt	lypti, lypte	lypti, lypte
han	lyptir	lypti, lypte	—	lypti, lypte	lypti, lypte
vīr	lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom	lyptum, lyptom
īr	lyptin	lyptin	lyptin	lyptin	lyptin
þēr	lypta	lyptin	—	lyptu, lypto	lyptin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	lyptis	lyptis, lyptes	—	lyptis, lyptes	lyptis, lyptes
þū	lyptis	lyptis, lyptes	—	lyptis, lyptes	lyptis, lyptes
han	lyptis	lyptis, lyptes	—	lyptis, lyptes	lyptis, lyptes
vīr	lyptums, lyptoms	lyptums, lyptoms	—	lyptums, lyptoms	lyptums, lyptoms
īr	lyptins	lyptins	—	lyptins	lyptins
þēr	lyptas	lyptins	—	lyptus, lyptos	lyptins

Descendants

• Swedish: lyfta