læs

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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish las, læs, from Old Norse hlass n, from Proto-Germanic *hlassą (load), cognate with Norwegian lass, Swedish lass. The Danish form has taken over the vowel from the verb læsse. The Germanic noun is derived from the verb *hlaþaną (to load), hence Old Norse hlaða (to stack), Danish lade.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

læs n (singular definite læsset, plural indefinite læs)

  1. load, lot
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

læs

  1. imperative of læse

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

læs

  1. imperative of læsse

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See lesa (to read)

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

læs (comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)

  1. literate (able to read)
  2. insightful, perceptive

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Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *lāsu.

Noun[edit]

lǣs f

  1. pasture
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *laisiz (smaller, lesser, fewer, lower), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle); see also Old Frisian lēs (less), Old Saxon lēs (less).

Adverb[edit]

lǣs

  1. less
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