Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lauss

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

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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lauss (comparative lausari, superlative lausastr)

  1. loose

Declension

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Descendants

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  • 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

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