losse

From Dutch los, from Middle Dutch los, from Old Dutch *los, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

losse (plural lossem)

1. (obsolete) A lynx.

   A losse went to prepare to hunt.

   • 1889, Henry Morley, Early English Prose Romances:

     Losse, lynx (Dutch, los)

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losse

1. inflection of los:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

losse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of lossen

From Middle High German lāzzen (in the 15th century also lassen), from Old High German lāzan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlosə/

losse

1. to let, to allow

   Loss mich etwas mache.

   Let me do something.

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.

• IPA^(key): /lɔsɛ/

losse

1. (Early Middle English, Northern) A lynx

• English: losse, los, loz
• Scots: los, loz

From Middle Low German or Dutch lossen.

losse (imperative loss, present tense losser, passive losses, simple past and past participle lossa or losset, present participle lossende)

1. to unload, discharge (cargo)

• laste

• lossing

• “losse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “losse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Middle Low German or Dutch lossen.

losse (present tense lossar, past tense lossa, past participle lossa, passive infinitive lossast, present participle lossande, imperative losse/loss)

1. to unload, discharge (cargo)

• lossa

• laste

• lossing

• “losse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Compare German lassen, Dutch laten, English let.

losse

1. to let, to allow
2. to let have
3. to leave undone
4. to leave in possession