hlus

Old Saxon

Etymology

Uncertain. An ancestor Proto-West Germanic *lisku (“sedge”) has been proposed; see French laîche for details. Compare Middle Dutch luusch, Old High German liska.

Noun

hlus n

reed, sedge

Descendants

Middle Low German: lūs, lǖsch

References

"hlus" in Köbler, Gerhard, Altsächsisches Wörterbuch (5th edition 2014)

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