arleas
Middle English
editAdjective
editarleas
- Alternative form of oreles
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom ār (“honor, glory, grace”) + -lēas.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editārlēas (superlative ārlēasest)
- honorless, disgraceful, wicked, impious
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...
- It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
editDeclension of ārlēas — Strong
Declension of ārlēas — Weak
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ár-leás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.