slæpleas

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *slāpalaus. Cognate with Old High German slāflōs. Equivalent to slǣp +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslæːpˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

slǣplēas

1. sleepless

Declension

Declension of slǣplēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	slǣplēas	slǣplēas	slǣplēas
Accusative	slǣplēasne	slǣplēase	slǣplēas
Genitive	slǣplēases	slǣplēasre	slǣplēases
Dative	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasre	slǣplēasum
Instrumental	slǣplēase	slǣplēasre	slǣplēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	slǣplēase	slǣplēasa, slǣplēase	slǣplēas
Accusative	slǣplēase	slǣplēasa, slǣplēase	slǣplēas
Genitive	slǣplēasra	slǣplēasra	slǣplēasra
Dative	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum
Instrumental	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum

Declension of slǣplēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	slǣplēasa	slǣplēase	slǣplēase
Accusative	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan	slǣplēase
Genitive	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan
Dative	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan
Instrumental	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan
Accusative	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan	slǣplēasan
Genitive	slǣplēasra, slǣplēasena	slǣplēasra, slǣplēasena	slǣplēasra, slǣplēasena
Dative	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum
Instrumental	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum	slǣplēasum

Derived terms

• slǣplīest

Descendants

• Middle English: slepeles
  • English: sleepless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “slǽpleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.