lass

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a girl or young woman

   The bonnie lass sang as she carried the pails up from the well.

Simplified etymology

Lass entered English in the Middle English period and is based on the Old Norse feminine adjective laskura, meaning “unmarried.”

From Middle English lasse, probably of Scandinavian origin, perhaps related to Old Norse loskr ('weak, idle') or Old Swedish løsk kona ('unmarried woman').

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