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

Etymology 2

See læse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛːs/, [lɛːˀs]

Verb

læs

1. imperative of læse

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laiːs]
• Rhymes: -aiːs

Adjective

læs ‎(comparative læsari, superlative læsastur)

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

Anagrams

• sæl

Old English

Noun

lǣs f

1. pasture, meadow, leasow

   Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne on ðám hǽðfelda. — The pasture on the heathfield lies open to all men.

Declension

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