leasg

leasg, leisg

lazy, Irish leasg, Old Irish lesc, Welsh llesg: *lesko-s; Norse löskr, weak, idle, Old High German lescan, become extinguished, German erloschen (Stokes). Brugmann and other give stem as *led-sco-, comparing Gothic latz, lazy, English late, to which Norse löskr may be referred (*latkwa-z); root lêd, lad. $$Ge$$'linnuw, rest (Zeit.$$+34, 531).