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bearnleas

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *barnalausaz. Cognate with Old Frisian bernlās and Old Norse barnlauss. Equivalent to bearn +‎ -lēas.

Adjective

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bearnlēas

  1. childless
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36
      Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder, "Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp and Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē."
      Then their father Jacob said, "You have made me childless. I don't have Joseph and Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me."

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