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Definition leister
Etymology
From earlier leyster, lister, perhaps via Middle English *l?ster, *l?ster, from Old Norse ljóstr (“leister”), from ljósta (“to smite, strike; to hit, strike (with an arrow or spear)”), from Proto-Germanic *leustan? (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew-s- (“to loosen (by knocking)”); the word is cognate with Danish lyster (“fish spear, gig, leister”), Icelandic ljósta (“to hit, strike”), Norwegian Bokmĺl lyster (dialectal Norwegian lioster), Swedish ljuster.
Noun
leister (plural leisters)
- (fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. [from 16th c.]
Verb
leister (third-person singular simple present leisters, present participle leistering, simple past and past participle leistered)
- (transitive) To catch or spear (fish) with a leister.
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