bearnleas
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *barnalausaz. Cognate with Old Frisian bernlās and Old Norse barnlauss. Equivalent to bearn + -lēas.
Adjective
bearnlēas
- childless
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36
- Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder, "Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp and Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē."
- 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."
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36
Declension
Declension of bearnlēas — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bearnlēas | bearnlēas | bearnlēas |
| Accusative | bearnlēasne | bearnlēase | bearnlēas |
| Genitive | bearnlēases | bearnlēasre | bearnlēases |
| Dative | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasre | bearnlēasum |
| Instrumental | bearnlēase | bearnlēasre | bearnlēase |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | bearnlēase | bearnlēasa, bearnlēase | bearnlēas |
| Accusative | bearnlēase | bearnlēasa, bearnlēase | bearnlēas |
| Genitive | bearnlēasra | bearnlēasra | bearnlēasra |
| Dative | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
| Instrumental | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
Declension of bearnlēas — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bearnlēasa | bearnlēase | bearnlēase |
| Accusative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēase |
| Genitive | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Dative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Instrumental | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Accusative | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan | bearnlēasan |
| Genitive | bearnlēasra, bearnlēasena | bearnlēasra, bearnlēasena | bearnlēasra, bearnlēasena |
| Dative | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
| Instrumental | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum | bearnlēasum |
Related terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bearnlēas”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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