freondleas

Old English

Etymology

frēond +‎ -lēas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre͜oːndˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

frēondlēas

1. friendless

   Synonym: winelēas

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
     wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
     hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
     þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

     or friendless me would soothe,
     allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
     how tough is sorrow as a companion,
     to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

2. without relatives, orphan

Declension

Declension of frēondlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frēondlēas	frēondlēas	frēondlēas
Accusative	frēondlēasne	frēondlēase	frēondlēas
Genitive	frēondlēases	frēondlēasre	frēondlēases
Dative	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasre	frēondlēasum
Instrumental	frēondlēase	frēondlēasre	frēondlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frēondlēase	frēondlēasa, frēondlēase	frēondlēas
Accusative	frēondlēase	frēondlēasa, frēondlēase	frēondlēas
Genitive	frēondlēasra	frēondlēasra	frēondlēasra
Dative	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum
Instrumental	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum

Declension of frēondlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frēondlēasa	frēondlēase	frēondlēase
Accusative	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan	frēondlēase
Genitive	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan
Dative	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan
Instrumental	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan
Accusative	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan	frēondlēasan
Genitive	frēondlēasra, frēondlēasena	frēondlēasra, frēondlēasena	frēondlēasra, frēondlēasena
Dative	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum
Instrumental	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum	frēondlēasum

Derived terms

• frēondlīest

Descendants

• Middle English: frendles, ffreondles, frendlæs
  • English: friendless

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “freónd-leás”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “freónd-leás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.