broþorleas

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brōþerlaus, equivalent to brōþor +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbroː.θorˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈbroː.ðorˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

brōþorlēas

1. brotherless

Declension

Declension of brōþorlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brōþorlēas	brōþorlēas	brōþorlēas
Accusative	brōþorlēasne	brōþorlēase	brōþorlēas
Genitive	brōþorlēases	brōþorlēasre	brōþorlēases
Dative	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasre	brōþorlēasum
Instrumental	brōþorlēase	brōþorlēasre	brōþorlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brōþorlēase	brōþorlēasa, brōþorlēase	brōþorlēas
Accusative	brōþorlēase	brōþorlēasa, brōþorlēase	brōþorlēas
Genitive	brōþorlēasra	brōþorlēasra	brōþorlēasra
Dative	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum
Instrumental	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum

Declension of brōþorlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brōþorlēasa	brōþorlēase	brōþorlēase
Accusative	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēase
Genitive	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan
Dative	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan
Instrumental	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan
Accusative	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan	brōþorlēasan
Genitive	brōþorlēasra, brōþorlēasena	brōþorlēasra, brōþorlēasena	brōþorlēasra, brōþorlēasena
Dative	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum
Instrumental	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum	brōþorlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: brotherles
  • English: brotherless

References

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