fæderleas
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *faderlaus, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlausaz, equivalent to fæder + -lēas.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fæderlēas
Declension edit
Declension of fæderlēas — Strong
Declension of fæderlēas — Weak
Descendants edit
- Middle English: faderles, fadirles
- English: fatherless
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fæderleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.