heafodleas

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haubidalaus. Cognate with Old Frisian hāvedlās, Old High German houbitlōs. Equivalent to hēafod +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

hēafodlēas

1. headless

Declension

Declension of hēafodlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlēas	hēafodlēas	hēafodlēas
Accusative	hēafodlēasne	hēafodlēase	hēafodlēas
Genitive	hēafodlēases	hēafodlēasre	hēafodlēases
Dative	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasre	hēafodlēasum
Instrumental	hēafodlēase	hēafodlēasre	hēafodlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlēase	hēafodlēasa, hēafodlēase	hēafodlēas
Accusative	hēafodlēase	hēafodlēasa, hēafodlēase	hēafodlēas
Genitive	hēafodlēasra	hēafodlēasra	hēafodlēasra
Dative	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum
Instrumental	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum

Declension of hēafodlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlēasa	hēafodlēase	hēafodlēase
Accusative	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēase
Genitive	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan
Dative	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan
Instrumental	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan
Accusative	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan	hēafodlēasan
Genitive	hēafodlēasra, hēafodlēasena	hēafodlēasra, hēafodlēasena	hēafodlēasra, hēafodlēasena
Dative	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum
Instrumental	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum	hēafodlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: hevedles, heedles
  • English: headless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heáfodleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.