læs

Normalised lǣs

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong wō/ō-stem
IPA: /læːs/
Syllables: læːs (1 syllable)
Modern English: less pasture lease leasow letting allowing permitting occur

læs1 · adverb

Senses

less
minus

læs2 · noun · feminine

Senses

pasture

Hit is weliġ þis ēalond on wæstmum ⁊ on trēowum misenlīcra cynna; ⁊ hit is ġesċræpe on lǣwe sċēapa ⁊ nēata; ⁊ on sumum stōwum wīnġeardas grōwaþ.

This island is rich in fruits and trees of various kinds; and it is suitable for the pasture of sheep and cattle; and in some places vineyards grow.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Declension · strong wō/ō-stem

Declension of læs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lǣs	lǣswa lǣswe lǣsa lǣse
Accusative	lǣswe lǣse	lǣswa lǣswe lǣsa lǣse
Genitive	lǣswe lǣse	lǣswa lǣsa
Dative	lǣswe lǣse	lǣswum lǣsum

læs3 · noun · feminine

Senses

a letting; an allowing or permitting of something to move, pass, or occur

blōdes lǣs

bloodletting

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of læs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lǣs	lǣse lǣsa
Accusative	lǣs lǣse	lǣse lǣsa
Genitive	lǣse	lǣsa
Dative	lǣse	lǣsum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laisi, 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”).

From Proto-West Germanic *lāsu.

From Proto-West Germanic *lāsi, from Proto-Germanic *lēsiz, *lēssiz (“a letting”), related to Old English lǣtan (“to let, release”).

Descendants

less, lease, leasow

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