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

    Derived terms

    • leysa (to loose, free)

    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

    Further reading

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