"lus" meaning in Old English

See lus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /luːs/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lūs. Compare Old High German lūs, Old Norse lús. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lūs}} Proto-West Germanic *lūs, {{cog|goh|lūs}} Old High German lūs, {{cog|non|lús}} Old Norse lús Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|lȳs|||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=lūs|head2=|sort=}} lūs f (nominative plural lȳs), {{ang-noun|f|lȳs|head=lūs}} lūs f (nominative plural lȳs) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-cons-f|lūs|lȳs}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lūs|lȳs|lūs|lȳs|lȳs,lūse|lūsa|lȳs|lūsum|num=|title=|type=strong consonant stem}} Forms: lūs [canonical, feminine], lȳs [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], lūs [nominative, singular], lȳs [nominative, plural], lūs [accusative, singular], lȳs [accusative, plural], lȳs [genitive, singular], lūse [genitive, singular], lūsa [genitive, plural], lȳs [dative, singular], lūsum [dative, plural]
  1. louse
    Sense id: en-lus-ang-noun-eaH1~21Y Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 23 entries, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lous",
            "3": "lows",
            "4": "lowse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: lous, lows, lowse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: lous, lows, lowse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "louse"
          },
          "expansion": "English: louse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: louse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "louse",
            "3": "loose"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: louse, loose",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: louse, loose"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lūs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lūs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lūs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lūs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "lús"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse lús",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *lūs. Compare Old High German lūs, Old Norse lús.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lūs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-cons-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "lȳs",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "lūs",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lūs f (nominative plural lȳs)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lȳs",
        "head": "lūs"
      },
      "expansion": "lūs f (nominative plural lȳs)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūs",
        "2": "lȳs"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-cons-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūs",
        "2": "lȳs",
        "3": "lūs",
        "4": "lȳs",
        "5": "lȳs,lūse",
        "6": "lūsa",
        "7": "lȳs",
        "8": "lūsum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong consonant stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 23 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "louse"
      ],
      "id": "en-lus-ang-noun-eaH1~21Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "louse",
          "louse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lus"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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            "3": "lows",
            "4": "lowse"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: lous, lows, lowse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: lous, lows, lowse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "louse"
          },
          "expansion": "English: louse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: louse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "louse",
            "3": "loose"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: louse, loose",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: louse, loose"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lūs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lūs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "lūs"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German lūs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "lús"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse lús",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *lūs. Compare Old High German lūs, Old Norse lús.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lūs",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-cons-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lȳs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lūsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "lȳs",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "lūs",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lūs f (nominative plural lȳs)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lȳs",
        "head": "lūs"
      },
      "expansion": "lūs f (nominative plural lȳs)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūs",
        "2": "lȳs"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-cons-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lūs",
        "2": "lȳs",
        "3": "lūs",
        "4": "lȳs",
        "5": "lȳs,lūse",
        "6": "lūsa",
        "7": "lȳs",
        "8": "lūsum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong consonant stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English consonant stem nouns",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English feminine nouns",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 23 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "louse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "louse",
          "louse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/luːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lus"
}

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