| active voice | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek losa | 1pl | vér losum | 1sg | ek losa | 1pl | vér losim |
| 2sg | þú losar | 2pl | þér losið | 2sg | þú losir | 2pl | þér losið |
| 3sg | hon losar | 3pl | þau losa | 3sg | hon losi | 3pl | þau losi |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek losaða | 1pl | vér losuðum | 1sg | ek losaða | 1pl | vér losaðim |
| 2sg | þú losaðir | 2pl | þér losuðuð | 2sg | þú losaðir | 2pl | þér losaðið |
| 3sg | hon losaði | 3pl | þau losuðu | 3sg | hon losaði | 3pl | þau losaði |
| preterite infinitive | losuðu | ||||||
| past participle | f. | losuð | m. | losaðr | n. | losat | |
| imperative | 2sg | losa | 1pl | losum | 2pl | losið | |
| middle voice: losask “come loose” | |||||||
| present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek losumk | 1pl | vér losumk | 1sg | ek losumk | 1pl | vér losimk |
| 2sg | þú losask | 2pl | þér losizk | 2sg | þú losisk | 2pl | þér losizk |
| 3sg | hon losask | 3pl | þau losask | 3sg | hon losisk | 3pl | þau losisk |
| preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
| 1sg | ek losuðumk | 1pl | vér losuðumk | 1sg | ek losuðumk | 1pl | vér losaðimk |
| 2sg | þú losaðisk | 2pl | þér losuðuzk | 2sg | þú losaðisk | 2pl | þér losaðizk |
| 3sg | hon losaðisk | 3pl | þau losuðusk | 3sg | hon losaðisk | 3pl | þau losaðisk |
| past participle | n. | losazk | |||||
| imperative | 2sg | losask | 1pl | losumk | 2pl | losizk | |
Derived from 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 in turn 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). Cf. ON losna 2 “come loose.”
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