sorhleas
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsorxˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈsorˠxˌlæ͜ɑːs]
Adjective
sorhlēas
- free from care or anxiety, secure
- free from sorrow, sorrowless
Declension
Declension of sorhlēas — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sorhlēas | sorhlēas | sorhlēas |
| Accusative | sorhlēasne | sorhlēase | sorhlēas |
| Genitive | sorhlēases | sorhlēasre | sorhlēases |
| Dative | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasre | sorhlēasum |
| Instrumental | sorhlēase | sorhlēasre | sorhlēase |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sorhlēase | sorhlēasa, sorhlēase | sorhlēas |
| Accusative | sorhlēase | sorhlēasa, sorhlēase | sorhlēas |
| Genitive | sorhlēasra | sorhlēasra | sorhlēasra |
| Dative | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
| Instrumental | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
Declension of sorhlēas — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sorhlēasa | sorhlēase | sorhlēase |
| Accusative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēase |
| Genitive | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Dative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Instrumental | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Accusative | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan | sorhlēasan |
| Genitive | sorhlēasra, sorhlēasena | sorhlēasra, sorhlēasena | sorhlēasra, sorhlēasena |
| Dative | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
| Instrumental | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum | sorhlēasum |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle English: sorweles
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sorhleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.