wliteleas

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ƿlitelēas – wynn spelling

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 police 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
  • wliteleás in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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