losian

From Proto-West Germanic *losōn

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.si.ɑn/, [ˈlo.zi.ɑn]

losian

1. (intransitive) to be lost; stray
2. (intransitive) to die; perish; be destroyed
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Þæt sǣd þe fēoll bē ðām weġe mid twyfealdre dare losode, ðāðā weġferende hit fortrǣdon, and fugelas tōbǣron.

     The seed that fell by the way perished to a double injury, when the wayfarer tread upon it and when the birds carried it away.

3. (intransitive, of inanimate things) to come to nothing; decay
4. (intransitive) to escape

• forlosian
• ġelosian

• lorian
• los

• Middle English: losien, losen
  • English: lose
  • Scots: los, lois, lose

From Proto-West Germanic *lausijan.

lōsian

1. to release, to set free