"læs" meaning in Old English

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Adverb

IPA: /læːs/ Forms: lǣs [canonical]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*laisiz|t=smaller, lesser, fewer, lower}} Proto-Germanic *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*leys-|t=to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle}} Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle”), {{cog|ofs|lēs|t=less}} Old Frisian lēs (“less”), {{cog|osx|lēs|t=less}} Old Saxon lēs (“less”) Head templates: {{ang-adv|lǣs}} lǣs
  1. less Related terms: lǣssa, lǣswian
    Sense id: en-læs-ang-adv-ang:less
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /læːs/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lāsu. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lāsu}} Proto-West Germanic *lāsu Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=lǣs|sort=}} lǣs f, {{ang-noun|f|head=lǣs}} lǣs f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-wo-f|lǣs}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lǣs|lǣswa,lǣswe|lǣswe|lǣswa,lǣswe|lǣswe|lǣswa|lǣswe|lǣswum|num=|title=|type=strong wō-stem}} Forms: lǣs [canonical, feminine], strong [table-tags], lǣs [nominative, singular], lǣswa [nominative, plural], lǣswe [nominative, plural], lǣswe [accusative, singular], lǣswa [accusative, plural], lǣswe [accusative, plural], lǣswe [genitive, singular], lǣswa [genitive, plural], lǣswe [dative, singular], lǣswum [dative, plural]
  1. pasture
    Sense id: en-læs-ang-noun-mUvvAFfN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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