beardleas
Old English
Etymology
From beard (beard) + -lēas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbæɑ̯rdˌlæːɑ̯s/, [ˈbæɑ̯rˠdlæːɑ̯s]
Adjective
beardlēas
- beardless
Usage notes
- Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling.
Declension
Declension of beardleas — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | beardlēas | beardlēas | beardlēas |
| Accusative | beardlēasne | beardlēase | beardlēas |
| Genitive | beardlēases | beardlēasre | beardlēases |
| Dative | beardlēasum | beardlēasre | beardlēasum |
| Instrumental | beardlēase | beardlēasre | beardlēase |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | beardlēase | beardlēasa, -e | beardlēas |
| Accusative | beardlēase | beardlēasa, -e | beardlēas |
| Genitive | beardlēasra | beardlēasra | beardlēasra |
| Dative | beardlēasum | beardlēasum | beardlēasum |
| Instrumental | beardlēasum | beardlēasum | beardlēasum |
Declension of beardleas — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | beardlēasa | beardlēase | beardlēase |
| Accusative | beardlēasan | beardlēasan | beardlēase |
| Genitive | beardlēasan | beardlēasan | beardlēasan |
| Dative | beardlēasan | beardlēasan | beardlēasan |
| Instrumental | beardlēasan | beardlēasan | beardlēasan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | beardlēasan | beardlēasan | beardlēasan |
| Accusative | beardlēasan | beardlēasan | beardlēasan |
| Genitive | beardlēasra, beardlēasena | beardlēasra, beardlēasena | beardlēasra, beardlēasena |
| Dative | beardlēasum | beardlēasum | beardlēasum |
| Instrumental | beardlēasum | beardlēasum | beardlēasum |
Descendants
- Middle English: bērdlēs
- Scots: berdles
- English: beardless
References
- Bosworth, Joseph. "beard-leás." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Ed. Thomas Northcote Toller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 72.