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
  • English: loose
  • Scots: lous, lows, loose

Further reading

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