beardleas

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus, equivalent to beard (“beard”) +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ͜ɑrdˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈbæ͜ɑrˠdˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

beardlēas

1. beardless

   Synonyms: unġebearded, unġebyrde

Usage notes

• Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling.

Declension

Declension of beardlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beardlēas	beardlēas	beardlēas
Accusative	beardlēasne	beardlēase	beardlēas
Genitive	beardlēases	beardlēasre	beardlēases
Dative	beardlēasum	beardlēasre	beardlēasum
Instrumental	beardlēase	beardlēasre	beardlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beardlēase	beardlēasa, beardlēase	beardlēas
Accusative	beardlēase	beardlēasa, beardlēase	beardlēas
Genitive	beardlēasra	beardlēasra	beardlēasra
Dative	beardlēasum	beardlēasum	beardlēasum
Instrumental	beardlēasum	beardlēasum	beardlēasum

Declension of beardlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beardlēasa	beardlēase	beardlēase
Accusative	beardlēasan	beardlēasan	beardlēase
Genitive	beardlēasan	beardlēasan	beardlēasan
Dative	beardlēasan	beardlēasan	beardlēasan
Instrumental	beardlēasan	beardlēasan	beardlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	beardlēasan	beardlēasan	beardlēasan
Accusative	beardlēasan	beardlēasan	beardlēasan
Genitive	beardlēasra, beardlēasena	beardlēasra, beardlēasena	beardlēasra, beardlēasena
Dative	beardlēasum	beardlēasum	beardlēasum
Instrumental	beardlēasum	beardlēasum	beardlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: berdles, beerdles, berdeles, berdlese, berdless
  • English: beardless
  • Scots: beardless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “beard-leás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.