wliteleas

Old English

Etymology

From wlite +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwli.teˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

wlitelēas

1. ugly, uncomely, hideous

   Dēoful ætȳwde wann and wlitelēas

   The devil appeared dark and hideous

   and swā ānlīce and wlitelēase wǣron his þēawas þæt sēo weard ne cūðe būtan sēon þæt hīe sum dēofolgyld him ful uncūð onfundene hæfdon

   and so singular and hideous were the rites connected with it, that the warden could not but realise that they had stumbled on a dark cult totally unknown to them

Declension

Declension of wlitelēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlitelēas	wlitelēas	wlitelēas
Accusative	wlitelēasne	wlitelēase	wlitelēas
Genitive	wlitelēases	wlitelēasre	wlitelēases
Dative	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasre	wlitelēasum
Instrumental	wlitelēase	wlitelēasre	wlitelēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlitelēase	wlitelēasa, wlitelēase	wlitelēas
Accusative	wlitelēase	wlitelēasa, wlitelēase	wlitelēas
Genitive	wlitelēasra	wlitelēasra	wlitelēasra
Dative	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum
Instrumental	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum

Declension of wlitelēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlitelēasa	wlitelēase	wlitelēase
Accusative	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan	wlitelēase
Genitive	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan
Dative	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan
Instrumental	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan
Accusative	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan	wlitelēasan
Genitive	wlitelēasra, wlitelēasena	wlitelēasra, wlitelēasena	wlitelēasra, wlitelēasena
Dative	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum
Instrumental	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum	wlitelēasum

References

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