lauss

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -øysː

Adjective

lauss

  1. genitive singular masculine of laus
  2. genitive singular neuter of laus

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lausaz, whence also Old English lēas, Old High German lōs; from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-, *lū- (“to untie, set free, separate”), whence also Ancient Greek λύω (lúō).

Adjective

lauss (comparative lausari, superlative lausastr)

  1. loose

Declension
    Strong declension of lauss
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lauss laus laust
accusative lausan lausa laust
dative lausum laussi lausu
genitive lauss laussar lauss
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lausir lausar laus
accusative lausa lausar laus
dative lausum lausum lausum
genitive laussa laussa laussa
    Weak declension of lauss
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lausi lausa lausa
accusative lausa lausu lausa
dative lausa lausu lausa
genitive lausa lausu lausa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lausu lausu lausu
accusative lausu lausu lausu
dative lausum lausum lausum
genitive lausu lausu lausu

Descendants
  • Icelandic: laus
  • Faroese: leysur
  • Norn: los
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: laus
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: laus
  • Swedish: lös
  • Danish: løs
    • Norwegian Bokmål: løs
  • Gutnish: låss
  • → Middle English: laus, lous, loos

References
  • “lauss”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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