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Liss

Liss

(lĭs)
,
Noun.
[AS.
liss
.]
Release; remission; ease; relief.
[Obs.]
“Of penance had a lisse.”
Chaucer.

Liss

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
lissan
.]
To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.
[Obs.]
“Lissed of his care.”
Chaucer.

Definition 2024

Liss

Liss

See also: liss and LISS

Faroese

Proper noun

Liss

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Liss: Lissarson
  • daughter of Liss: Lissardóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Liss
Accusative Liss
Dative Liss
Genitive Lissar

Manx

Proper noun

Liss f

  1. A female given name, a diminutive of Ealisaid.

Synonyms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Liss unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

liss

liss

See also: Liss and LISS

English

Noun

liss ‎(uncountable)

  1. Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.
  2. Comfort; happiness.
  3. (Britain dialectal) A respite from pain.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan ‎(“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa ‎(“to soften, weaken”). See above.

Verb

liss ‎(third-person singular simple present lisses, present participle lissing, simple past and past participle lissed)

  1. (transitive) To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.
  2. (Britain dialectal) To blin; cease; stop.

Etymology

From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs ‎(“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō ‎(“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- ‎(“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise ‎(“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa ‎(“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe ‎(“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe.

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