Old English · adjective
bearnleas
Normalised bearnlēas
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Modern English
- childlessbairnless
Meaning
-
childless
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36
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."
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | bearnlēas | bearnlēas | bearnlēas |
| Accusative | bearnlēasne | bearnlēase | bearnlēas |
| Genitive | bearnlēases | bearnlēasre | bearnlēases |
| Dative | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasre | bearnlēasum |
| Instrumental | bearnlēase | bearnlēasre | bearnlēase |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | bearnlēase | bearnlēasabearnlēase | bearnlēas |
| Accusative | bearnlēase | bearnlēasabearnlēase | bearnlēas |
| Genitive | bearnlēasra | bearnlēasra | bearnlēasra |
| Dative | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
| Instrumental | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | bearnlēasa | bearnlēase | bearnlēase |
| Accusative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēase |
| Genitive | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Dative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Instrumental | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Accusative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Genitive | bearnlēasrabearnlēasena | bearnlēasrabearnlēasena | bearnlēasrabearnlēasena |
| Dative | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
| Instrumental | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *barnalausaz. Cognate with Old Frisian bernlās and Old Norse barnlauss. Equivalent to bearn + -lēas.
Descendants
bairnless
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