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Old English · adjective

sorhleas

Normalised sorhlēas

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈsorxˌlæ͜ɑːs/
[ˈsorˠxˌlæ͜ɑːs]
Syllables
ˈsorx · ˌlæ͜ɑːs (2 syllables)
Modern English
sorrowlesssecure

Meaning

  1. 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:
  2. free from sorrow, sorrowless

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From sorh + -lēas.

Descendants

sorrowless

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