arleas

Middle English

Adjective

arleas

1. Alternative form of oreles

Old English

Etymology

From ār (“honor, glory, grace”) +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːrˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

ārlēas (superlative ārlēasest)

1. honorless, disgraceful, wicked, impious
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...

     It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...

Declension

Declension of ārlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ārlēas	ārlēas	ārlēas
Accusative	ārlēasne	ārlēase	ārlēas
Genitive	ārlēases	ārlēasre	ārlēases
Dative	ārlēasum	ārlēasre	ārlēasum
Instrumental	ārlēase	ārlēasre	ārlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ārlēase	ārlēasa, ārlēase	ārlēas
Accusative	ārlēase	ārlēasa, ārlēase	ārlēas
Genitive	ārlēasra	ārlēasra	ārlēasra
Dative	ārlēasum	ārlēasum	ārlēasum
Instrumental	ārlēasum	ārlēasum	ārlēasum

Declension of ārlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ārlēasa	ārlēase	ārlēase
Accusative	ārlēasan	ārlēasan	ārlēase
Genitive	ārlēasan	ārlēasan	ārlēasan
Dative	ārlēasan	ārlēasan	ārlēasan
Instrumental	ārlēasan	ārlēasan	ārlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ārlēasan	ārlēasan	ārlēasan
Accusative	ārlēasan	ārlēasan	ārlēasan
Genitive	ārlēasra, ārlēasena	ārlēasra, ārlēasena	ārlēasra, ārlēasena
Dative	ārlēasum	ārlēasum	ārlēasum
Instrumental	ārlēasum	ārlēasum	ārlēasum

Derived terms

• ārlēaslīċe
• ārlēasnes
• ārlēast

Descendants

• Middle English: oreles, are-les, arleas, arleæs, oreleas, orleas, arelæs (Ormulum) (early)

References

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