active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek losna | 1pl | vér losnum | 1sg | ek losna | 1pl | vér losnim |
2sg | þú losnar | 2pl | þér losnið | 2sg | þú losnir | 2pl | þér losnið |
3sg | hon losnar | 3pl | þau losna | 3sg | hon losni | 3pl | þau losni |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek losnaða | 1pl | vér losnuðum | 1sg | ek losnaða | 1pl | vér losnaðim |
2sg | þú losnaðir | 2pl | þér losnuðuð | 2sg | þú losnaðir | 2pl | þér losnaðið |
3sg | hon losnaði | 3pl | þau losnuðu | 3sg | hon losnaði | 3pl | þau losnaði |
preterite infinitive | losnuðu | ||||||
past participle | f. | losnuð | m. | losnaðr | n. | losnat | |
imperative | 2sg | losna | 1pl | losnum | 2pl | losnið |
middle voice: losnask | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek losnumk | 1pl | vér losnumk | 1sg | ek losnumk | 1pl | vér losnimk |
2sg | þú losnask | 2pl | þér losnizk | 2sg | þú losnisk | 2pl | þér losnizk |
3sg | hon losnask | 3pl | þau losnask | 3sg | hon losnisk | 3pl | þau losnisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek losnuðumk | 1pl | vér losnuðumk | 1sg | ek losnuðumk | 1pl | vér losnaðimk |
2sg | þú losnaðisk | 2pl | þér losnuðuzk | 2sg | þú losnaðisk | 2pl | þér losnaðizk |
3sg | hon losnaðisk | 3pl | þau losnuðusk | 3sg | hon losnaðisk | 3pl | þau losnaðisk |
past participle | n. | losnazk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | losnask | 1pl | losnumk | 2pl | losnizk |
PG *lusnōną; or derived from a strong past participle ON *losinn representing an unprefixed reflex of PG *fraluzanaz, OE forluren, ME forlōren/forlōsen, MnE forlorn; cf. ON losa 2 “loosen, detach.” Either derivation involves the adjective PG *lausaz, ON lauss “loose,” OE lēas “loose; false, deceitful,” ME lēse “false, deceptive,” Dutch loos (now primarily) “false (as in ‘alarm’); pointless,” Dutch, German los “loose.” That adjective derives from the strong verb PG *farleusaną, OE forlēosan II, ME forlēsen, surviving in MnE forlorn, Dutch verliezen, German verlieren “lose.” The ON adjective gave rise to ME lōs, MnE loose. The verb OE losian 2 “perish; escape,” ME lōsen “lose,” MnE lose derives from the noun OE los (PG *lusą, ME ls, MnE loss).
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