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witless

  • 1 vitlaus, heimskur

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  • 2 vit-lauss

    adj. witless; vitlaus hljóð, Skálda: witless, foolish, Fms. ix. 335, Barl. 127: mad, Boll. 350; v. snápr, Stj. 625, Bs. i. 371, Magn. 518, Eg. 217 (of a drunken person).

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  • 3 LAUSS

    a.
    1) loose, opp. to fastr, ‘bundinn’ (hon hafði laust hárit sem meyjum er títt); verða l., to get loose; eldr varð l., fire broke out; láta e-t laust, to let loose, yield up; liggja laust fyrir, to be easy to seize upon;
    2) free, unimpeded, unencumbered (gakk þú l. yfir brúna); ríða l., to ride without baggage;
    3) disengaged (free) from, with gen. (vit erum lausir allra svardaga);
    4) void, riot binding (nú er laus veðjan okkar);
    5) vacant (viljum vér gefa yðr Ólafskirkju, því at hón er nú laus);
    6) light (l. svefn);
    7) empty, without a cargo (sigla lausum skipum);
    8) movable; lönd ok lausir aurar, lands and movable property;
    10) in compds. mostly suffixed to a subst., often in gen., - less (mein-, sak-, vit-lauss, athuga-, auðnu-, lýta-lauss).
    * * *
    adj., compar. lausari, superl. lausastr; [Ulf. laus = κενός; A. S. leâs; Engl. loose, release; Germ. los; Dan. lös]:—loose, opp. to fast; fast ok laust; steinn, annarr fastr enn annarr lauss, Pm. 106; (fór) utanborðs seglit ok allt þat er laust var á búlkanum nema menn, Bs. i. 422; verða lauss, to get loose; eldr varð lauss, fire broke loose (cp. Dan. ildlös), Fms. x. 29; láta laust, to let loose, let slip, yield up, vi. 203, Nj. 58, Stj. 184; liggja laust fyrir, to sit loose, be easy to seize upon; þótti eigi svá laust fyrir liggja sem þeir ætluðu, Fms. viii. 357.
    II. metaph. free, unimpeded, Germ. ledig; þar var engi maðr lauss at söðla hest konungs, Ó. H. 15; bændr ok lausir menn, Fs. 23; þessa megin skaltú láta hest þinn, ok gakk þú lauss yfir brúna, leave thy horse behind, and walk loose (i. e. unencumbered) across the bridge, Konr.; skal þat lið á móti því er laust er ok eigi er í fylkingu, Eg. 293: ríða laust, to ride (travel) unencumbered, without luggage, Hrafn. 27; lauss hestr, a led horse, Fms. v. 285.
    2. disengaged, with gen.; en ek skal lauss allra mála ef hann kemr eigi svá út, Ísl. ii. 217; vit erum lausir allra svardaga, Fb. i. 232; lauss einka-mála, Ó. H. 194.
    3. void, not binding; nú er laus veðjan okkar, Fms. vi. 370; laus eru öll nýmæli ef eigi verða upp sögð et þriðja hvert sumar, Grág. (Kb.) i. 37; en ef Sigvaldi kemr eigi þessu fram, sem nú var skilt með þeim, þá skulu mál þeirra öll vera laus, Fms. xi. 100; kuggrinn stár á kjölnum fast en kaup er laust, Stef. Ól.
    4. vacant; viljum vér gefa yðr Ólafs kirkju, þvíat hón er nú laus, Bs. i. 800; lauss biskupsdómr, a vacant bishopric, Mar.; laust brauð, a vacant living for a priest.
    5. with the notion of empty; sigla lausum kili, to sail ‘with a loose keel,’ i. e. without a cargo, Ó. H. 115; sigla lausu skipi, id., Bs. i. 518.
    6. light, of sleep; hann var kominn í hvílu sína ok sofnaðr laust, Mar.; þá seig á hann svefn, ok þó svá lauss, at hann þóttisk vaka, Ó. H. 195, Vkv. 29.
    7. dissolved, of a meeting (þing-lausnir); þing skal laust segja á miðjum degi, Grág. i. 116; dag þann er sóknar-þing er laust, 117.
    8. loose, i. e. personal, property; lönd ok lausa aura (see lausafé, lauseyrir), Eg. 34, Js. 62; lausir penningar, loose money, cash, D. N. v. 488.
    9. not lined, of a garment; þrír dúkar með rautt skinn ok enn fjórði lauss, Vm. 47; hökull lauss, stola laus, 15.
    10. absolved from ban; hann söng yfir þeim miserere, ok segir þeim þó, at þá vóru þeir eigi lausari en áðr, Sturl. ii. 11.
    11. loose, dissolute; lauss í sínum framferðum, Mar.: heedless, lauss ok með litlum athuga, id.
    III. as the last part in compds mostly suffixed to a root word, often in gen., in a negative sense, in Icel, almost in endless instances, of which many remain in English, sak-lauss, sackless; auðnu-auss, luckless; athuga-lauss, thoughtless; mein-lauss, guileless; vit-lauss, witless, insane, etc., from which is formed the neut. subst. termination -leysi.

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  • 4 vit-leysingr

    m. a witless, insane person, idiot, Fms. i. 292.

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  • 5 vitleysingr

    m. a witless, foolish person.

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  • witless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ foolish; stupid. DERIVATIVES witlessly adverb witlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • witless — [wit′lis] adj. lacking wit or intelligence; foolish witlessly adv. witlessness n …   English World dictionary

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  • witless — [[t]wɪ̱tləs[/t]] ADJ (disapproval) If you describe something or someone as witless, you mean that they are very foolish or stupid. ...a witless, nasty piece of journalism. Syn: mindless, stupid …   English dictionary

  • witless — adjective 1 not very intelligent or sensible; silly: if I catch the witless yobs who did this 2 scare sb witless to make someone very frightened witlessly adverb witlessness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • witless — UK [ˈwɪtləs] / US adjective 1) literary very silly or stupid This witless reaction has obscured the real problem. 2) an old word meaning mentally ill • scare someone witless …   English dictionary

  • witless — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. destitute of wit or understanding ; foolish 2. mentally deranged ; crazy < drive one witless with anxiety William Styron > • witlessly adverb • witlessness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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