FromOld Norse-lauss, fromProto-Germanic*-lausaz, from*lausaz(“loose, free”). Cognate withDanish-løs,Norwegian Nynorsk-laus,Swedish-lös,English-less andGerman-los.

-laus (adjective-forming suffix,comparative-lausari,superlative-lausastur)

1. -less,free of something

• The suffix-laus is most often used combined with a genitive form or the stem of a word, meaning "free of something"e.g.:

  genitive ofheili(“a brain”) and-laus →heila(“of a brain”) and-laus →heilalaus(“brainless”)

• -vana
• -vani

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