carleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċearlēas — West Saxon

Etymology

From caru +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

carlēas

1. careless, reckless, without care, free

Declension

Declension of carlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carlēas	carlēas	carlēas
Accusative	carlēasne	carlēase	carlēas
Genitive	carlēases	carlēasre	carlēases
Dative	carlēasum	carlēasre	carlēasum
Instrumental	carlēase	carlēasre	carlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carlēase	carlēasa, carlēase	carlēas
Accusative	carlēase	carlēasa, carlēase	carlēas
Genitive	carlēasra	carlēasra	carlēasra
Dative	carlēasum	carlēasum	carlēasum
Instrumental	carlēasum	carlēasum	carlēasum

Declension of carlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carlēasa	carlēase	carlēase
Accusative	carlēasan	carlēasan	carlēase
Genitive	carlēasan	carlēasan	carlēasan
Dative	carlēasan	carlēasan	carlēasan
Instrumental	carlēasan	carlēasan	carlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	carlēasan	carlēasan	carlēasan
Accusative	carlēasan	carlēasan	carlēasan
Genitive	carlēasra, carlēasena	carlēasra, carlēasena	carlēasra, carlēasena
Dative	carlēasum	carlēasum	carlēasum
Instrumental	carlēasum	carlēasum	carlēasum

Derived terms

• carlēasnes

Descendants

• Middle English: carles, careles
  • English: careless

References

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