for-leósan

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• léosan — see beléosan, forléosan …   Old to modern English dictionary

• paralysis — (n.) 1520s, from Gk. paralysis, lit. loosening, from paralyein disable, enfeeble, from para beside (see PARA (Cf. para )) + lyein loosen, untie, cognate with L. luere to loose, release, atone for, expiate, O.E. for leosan to lose, destroy …   Etymology dictionary

• forlorn — adjective Etymology: Middle English forloren, from Old English, past participle of forlēosan to lose, from for + lēosan to lose more at lose Date: before 12th century 1. a. bereft, forsaken < left quite forlorn of hope > b. sad and lonely because …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lose — /loohz/, v., lost, losing. v.t. 1. to come to be without (something in one s possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I m sure I ve merely misplaced my hat, not lost it. 2. to fail… …   Universalium

• lose — [OE] The verb lose originated as a derivative of the Old English noun los ‘loss’, which went back ultimately to the same Indo European source (*lau , *leu , lu ) as produced English loose and the suffix less. In Old English it was losian, which… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• lose — [OE] The verb lose originated as a derivative of the Old English noun los ‘loss’, which went back ultimately to the same Indo European source (*lau , *leu , lu ) as produced English loose and the suffix less. In Old English it was losian, which… …   Word origins

• Trasna na dTonnta — is a traditional Irish song often taught to primary school children.The upbeat song is a narration of a rover who is returning to Ireland following his travels abroad. Trasna na dTonnta is Irish for Over (Across) the Waves , and for that reason… …   Wikipedia

• forlorn — (adj.) mid 12c., forloren disgraced, depraved, pp. of obsolete forlesan be deprived of, lose, abandon, from O.E. forleosan to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin, from FOR (Cf. for ) completely + leosan to lose (see LOSE (Cf. lose)). In the… …   Etymology dictionary

• lose — verb (lost; losing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English losian to perish, lose, from los destruction; akin to Old English lēosan to lose; akin to Old Norse losa to loosen, Latin luere to atone for, Greek lyein to loosen, dissolve, destroy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• lose — (v.) O.E. losian be lost, perish, from los destruction, loss, from P.Gmc. *lausa (Cf. O.N. los the breaking up of an army; O.E. forleosan to lose, O.Fris. forliasa, O.S. farliosan, M.Du. verliesen, O.H.G. firliosan, Ger. verlieren …   Etymology dictionary

• solve — mid 15c., to disperse, dissipate, loosen, from L. solvere to loosen, dissolve, untie, from PIE *se lu , from reflexive pronoun *swe + base *leu to loosen, divide, cut apart (Cf. Gk. lyein to loosen, release, untie, O.E. leosan to lose, leas… …   Etymology dictionary