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Old English · adjective

freondleas

Normalised frēondlēas

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈfre͜oːndˌlæ͜ɑːs/
Syllables
ˈfre͜oːnd · ˌlæ͜ɑːs (2 syllables)
Modern English
friendlessrelativesorphan

Meaning

  1. friendless

    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.

    oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,

  2. without relatives, orphan

Declension

Strong declension of freondleas
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative frēondlēasfrēondlēasfrēondlēas
Accusative frēondlēasnefrēondlēasefrēondlēas
Genitive frēondlēasesfrēondlēasrefrēondlēases
Dative frēondlēasumfrēondlēasrefrēondlēasum
Instrumental frēondlēasefrēondlēasrefrēondlēase
Plural
Nominative frēondlēasefrēondlēasafrēondlēasefrēondlēas
Accusative frēondlēasefrēondlēasafrēondlēasefrēondlēas
Genitive frēondlēasrafrēondlēasrafrēondlēasra
Dative frēondlēasumfrēondlēasumfrēondlēasum
Instrumental frēondlēasumfrēondlēasumfrēondlēasum
Weak declension of freondleas
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative frēondlēasafrēondlēasefrēondlēase
Accusative frēondlēasanfrēondlēasanfrēondlēase
Genitive frēondlēasanfrēondlēasanfrēondlēasan
Dative frēondlēasanfrēondlēasanfrēondlēasan
Instrumental frēondlēasanfrēondlēasanfrēondlēasan
Plural
Nominative frēondlēasanfrēondlēasanfrēondlēasan
Accusative frēondlēasanfrēondlēasanfrēondlēasan
Genitive frēondlēasrafrēondlēasenafrēondlēasrafrēondlēasenafrēondlēasrafrēondlēasena
Dative frēondlēasumfrēondlēasumfrēondlēasum
Instrumental frēondlēasumfrēondlēasumfrēondlēasum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Old High German friuntlōs, Middle Dutch vriendeloos. By surface analysis, frēond + -lēas.

Descendants

friendless

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