1 lausung
f. [A. S. leasung; Old Engl. leasing; North. E. leesum]:— lying, falsehood; gjalda lausung við lygi, Hm.; lausung fyrir staðfesti, Al. 23, Fbr. 74; með lausung, at large; á þeima degi sem þú gengr út … með lausung, Stj. 557. 1 Kings ii. 42; þeir stela nauti, en gefa lausungina Guðs nafni, they steal the ox, but give the offal to the name of God, Prov. xx. 25 in a note to the Bible of 1644; cp. ‘to steal a pound and give a penny.’
2 lausung
II. loose living, life of a libertine, Mar., Hom., Fms. xi. 423, passim in old and mod. usage.
3 lausung
COMPDS: lausungarkona, lausungarmaðr, lausungarorð.