Old English · adjective
sorhleas
Normalised sorhlēas
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsorxˌlæ͜ɑːs/[ˈsorˠxˌlæ͜ɑːs]
- Syllables
- ˈsorx · ˌlæ͜ɑːs (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- sorrowlesssecure
Meaning
-
free from care or anxiety, secure
Ðonne mid fēre foldbūende sē micla dæġ meahtan dryhtnes æt midre niht mæġne bihlæmeð, sċīre ġesċeafte, swā oft sċeaða fǣcne, þēof þrīstlīċe, þe on þȳstre fareð, on sweartre niht, sorglēase hæleð semninga forfēhð slǣpe ġebundne, eorlas unġearwe yfles ġenǣgeð.
Then the Great day of the mighty Lord clangs earth-dwellers, in bright being, with woe at the middle of the night’s strength, as often a guileful robber would, a thief boldly, who goes into the darkness, on a black night, takes carefree heroes, bound by sleep, forthwith by surprise, attacks unready men with evil.
10th century, Christ III: -
free from sorrow, sorrowless
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sorhlēas | sorhlēas | sorhlēas |
| Accusative | sorhlēasne | sorhlēase | sorhlēas |
| Genitive | sorhlēases | sorhlēasre | sorhlēases |
| Dative | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasre | sorhlēasum |
| Instrumental | sorhlēase | sorhlēasre | sorhlēase |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sorhlēase | sorhlēasasorhlēase | sorhlēas |
| Accusative | sorhlēase | sorhlēasasorhlēase | sorhlēas |
| Genitive | sorhlēasra | sorhlēasra | sorhlēasra |
| Dative | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
| Instrumental | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sorhlēasa | sorhlēase | sorhlēase |
| Accusative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēase |
| Genitive | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Dative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Instrumental | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Accusative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Genitive | sorhlēasrasorhlēasena | sorhlēasrasorhlēasena | sorhlēasrasorhlēasena |
| Dative | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
| Instrumental | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From sorh + -lēas.
Descendants
sorrowless
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