lifleas
Middle English
Adjective
lifleas
- (Early Middle English) alternative form of lyfles
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːfˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈliːvˌlæ͜ɑːs]
Adjective
līflēas
- lifeless, inanimate
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Æfter þisum bebēad sē ablenda Datianus þæt mann his dēadan godas dēorwurþlīċe frætewode and þæt deofles templ mid dēorwurþan seolfre, and hēt þider lǣdan þone, wende þæt hē wolde wurþian his godas and his lāc ġeoffrian þām līflēasum godum.
- After this the blinded Datianus ordered that his dead gods be richly adorned and that the Devil's temple be adorned with silver, and ordered the faithful martyr to be brought to there, so that he would worship and offer sacrifices to the lifeless gods.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
Declension of līflēas — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | līflēas | līflēas | līflēas |
| Accusative | līflēasne | līflēase | līflēas |
| Genitive | līflēases | līflēasre | līflēases |
| Dative | līflēasum | līflēasre | līflēasum |
| Instrumental | līflēase | līflēasre | līflēase |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | līflēase | līflēasa, līflēase | līflēas |
| Accusative | līflēase | līflēasa, līflēase | līflēas |
| Genitive | līflēasra | līflēasra | līflēasra |
| Dative | līflēasum | līflēasum | līflēasum |
| Instrumental | līflēasum | līflēasum | līflēasum |
Declension of līflēas — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | līflēasa | līflēase | līflēase |
| Accusative | līflēasan | līflēasan | līflēase |
| Genitive | līflēasan | līflēasan | līflēasan |
| Dative | līflēasan | līflēasan | līflēasan |
| Instrumental | līflēasan | līflēasan | līflēasan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | līflēasan | līflēasan | līflēasan |
| Accusative | līflēasan | līflēasan | līflēasan |
| Genitive | līflēasra, līflēasena | līflēasra, līflēasena | līflēasra, līflēasena |
| Dative | līflēasum | līflēasum | līflēasum |
| Instrumental | līflēasum | līflēasum | līflēasum |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lífleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.