Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From laus (loose) +‎ eyrir (money).

Noun

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lausaeyrir m (genitive lausaeyris, plural lausaaurar)

  1. movable property, chattels

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lausøyre m

References

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  • lausaeyrir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press