læs

See also: LAEs, läs, -læs, Appendix:Variations of "las", and Appendix:Variations of "les"

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlass, from hlaða (“to stack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛs/, [lɛs]

Noun

læs n (singular definite læsset, plural indefinite læs)

1. load, lot

Inflection

Declension of læs

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	læs	læsset	læs	læssene
genitive	læs'	læssets	læs'	læssenes

Etymology 2

See læse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛːs/, [lɛːˀs]

Verb

læs

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of læse

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laiːs]
• Rhymes: -aiːs

Adjective

læs (comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)

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

Anagrams

• sæl

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læːs/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lēswō.

Noun

lǣs f

1. pasture, meadow, leasow

   Sēo lǣs is tōforan eallum mannum ġemǣne on þām hǣþfelda. ― The pasture on the heathfield lies open to all men.") (C. D. iii. 419, 21.)

Declension

Declension of læs (strong wō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lǣs	lǣswa, lǣswe
accusative	lǣswe	lǣswa, lǣswe
genitive	lǣswe	lǣswa
dative	lǣswe	lǣswum

Descendants

• Middle English: leswe, lesewe, leesewe
  • Scots: lesu, lesoue; lesour, lesure
  • English: lease, lessow, leasow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *laisiz.

Adverb

lǣs

1. less

Related terms

• lǣssa

Descendants

• English: less