lysu – Old English noun declension

Noun: lysu
Gender: n

Nominative

Singular	lysu
Plural	lysu

Genitive

Singular	lyswes
Plural	lyswa

Dative

Singular	lyswe
Plural	lyswum

Accusative

Singular	lysu
Plural	lysu

Sample Sentences

Laws of King Æþelberht
73. Ġif frīwīf locbore leswæs hwæt ġedēþ, XXX sċll' ġebēte. (73. If a freewoman with long hair commits a misdeed, she shall pay 30 shillings in compensation.)

Nouns inflected like lysu

feorhbealu, bealu, teoru, morþbealu, nihtbealu, lesu, lysu, balu, teru,

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *lusiu, from Proto-Germanic *lusiwaz. Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *lasiu, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz (“weak, unreliable, false”). Akin to Old English lyswen (“corrupt, purulent”), Old English lēas (“false, lax”), Old Norse lasinn (“limpy, weak”), las in lasmeyr (“wretched, frail”). See: Old English Nouns 'lyswen', Old English Nouns 'lēas', Old Norse Nouns 'lasinn'.