lovløs

Danish

Etymology

lov +‎ -løs

Adjective

lovløs (neuter lovløst, plural and definite singular attributive lovløse)

1. lawless, not governed by law, in a state of anarchy
2. (also as a noun) outlaw, not protected by law
   • 2013, Kirsten Sonne Harild, Synnes hævn 1: Flugten, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ”De fik mig hængt op på branden i laden og alt muligt tyveri. Gjorde mig lovløs. Nu er jeg jaget. De vil hænge mig.

     "They pinned the fire in the barn, and all sorts of thefts, on me. Made me an outlaw. Now I am hunted. They want to hang me.

3. (by extension) not accepted by society
   • 2006, Henrik Saxgren, Krig og kærlighed: om indvandringen i Norden, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 236:

     Er man gift med en sigøjner, bliver man lovløs og der gik ikke lang tid, før han blev han fyret fra sit job som mekaniker.

     If one is married to a gypsy, one becomes an outlaw, and it didn't take long before he was fired from his job as a mechanic.

   • 2017, Ole Fogh Kirkeby, Ordet er sjælens spejl: Samtaler der befrier, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Det religiøse politi, Diyanet, havde sunniislam som dagsorden for riget, og shiamystikken var gjort lovløs.

     The religious police, Diyanet, has sunni Islam as its agenda for the country, and shia mysticism had been made outlaw.

4. criminal
   • 2016, Herta J. Enevoldsen, Blandt sigøjnere, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ... og at der nu og da slipper nogle lovløse ud, som hellere skulle være blevet under lås og slå.

     ... and that, now and then, some criminals slip out that should preferably have remained under lock and key.

   • 2017, Arne Falk-Rønne, Spanien i hjertet, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     ... for Sierraen var endnu dengang skjulested for banditter og lovløse fra borgerkrigens dage ...

     ... for the Sierra was then still a hiding hole for bandits and criminals from the days of the civil war ...

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lovlaus (Nynorsk also)

Etymology

From lov +‎ -løs.

Adjective

lovløs (neuter singular lovløst, definite singular and plural lovløse)

1. lawless

Derived terms

• lovløshet

References

• “lovløs” in The Bokmål Dictionary.