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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Verlies

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Verlies
Friedrich Kluge2507771An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — Verlies1891John Francis Davis

Verlies, n., ‘subterranean cave, dungeon, ModHG. only, lit. ‘place where one is lost’ (comp. MidHG. verliesen, ‘to kill’?). —