liss

See also: Liss and LISS

English

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

liss (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.

   Synonyms: relief, solace; see also Thesaurus:consolation

2. (obsolete) Comfort; happiness.

   Synonyms: cheeriness, contentment; see also Thesaurus:happiness

3. (obsolete, UK 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. (obsolete, transitive) To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.
2. (obsolete, UK dialectal) To cease; stop.

Anagrams

• SILS, SILs, SLIs

Old English

Alternative forms

• (originally) līþs, líðs

Etymology

From earlier līþs, from líþe (“gentle, mild”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liss/, [lis]

Noun

liss f

1. mildness, mercy, kindness, grace

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	liss	lissa, lisse
accusative	lisse	lissa, lisse
genitive	lisse	lissa
dative	lisse	lissum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “liss”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.