witleast

Old English

Alternative forms

• witlǣst

Etymology

Equivalent to witlēas +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwitˌlæ͜ɑːst/

Noun

witlēast f

1. senselessness, witlessness, folly

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	witlēast	witlēasta, witlēaste
accusative	witlēaste	witlēasta, witlēaste
genitive	witlēaste	witlēasta
dative	witlēaste	witlēastum

Derived terms

• ġewitlēast

References

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