freondleas
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frēondlēas
- friendless
- Synonym: winelēas
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.- or friendless me would soothe,
allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
how tough is sorrow as a companion,
to whom little has dear confidants for himself.
- or friendless me would soothe,
- without relatives, orphan
Declension
[edit]Declension of frēondlēas — Strong
Declension of frēondlēas — Weak
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: frendles, ffreondles, frendlæs
- English: friendless
References
[edit]- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “freónd-leás”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “freónd-leás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.