beardleas

Old English

Etymology

From beard (beard) +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbæɑ̯rdˌlæːɑ̯s/, [ˈbæɑ̯rˠdlæːɑ̯s]

Adjective

beardlēas

  1. beardless

Usage notes
  • Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling.

Declension
Declension of beardleas — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative beardlēas beardlēas beardlēas
Accusative beardlēasne beardlēase beardlēas
Genitive beardlēases beardlēasre beardlēases
Dative beardlēasum beardlēasre beardlēasum
Instrumental beardlēase beardlēasre beardlēase
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative beardlēase beardlēasa, -e beardlēas
Accusative beardlēase beardlēasa, -e beardlēas
Genitive beardlēasra beardlēasra beardlēasra
Dative beardlēasum beardlēasum beardlēasum
Instrumental beardlēasum beardlēasum beardlēasum
Declension of beardleas — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative beardlēasa beardlēase beardlēase
Accusative beardlēasan beardlēasan beardlēase
Genitive beardlēasan beardlēasan beardlēasan
Dative beardlēasan beardlēasan beardlēasan
Instrumental beardlēasan beardlēasan beardlēasan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative beardlēasan beardlēasan beardlēasan
Accusative beardlēasan beardlēasan beardlēasan
Genitive beardlēasra, beardlēasena beardlēasra, beardlēasena beardlēasra, beardlēasena
Dative beardlēasum beardlēasum beardlēasum
Instrumental beardlēasum beardlēasum beardlēasum

Descendants
  • Middle English: bērdlēs

References
  • Bosworth, Joseph. "beard-leás." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Ed. Thomas Northcote Toller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 72.
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