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
Declension edit

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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