modorleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• mōderlēas

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdērlausaz, equivalent to mōdor +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.dorˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

mōdorlēas

1. motherless

Declension

Declension of mōdorlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōdorlēas	mōdorlēas	mōdorlēas
Accusative	mōdorlēasne	mōdorlēase	mōdorlēas
Genitive	mōdorlēases	mōdorlēasre	mōdorlēases
Dative	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasre	mōdorlēasum
Instrumental	mōdorlēase	mōdorlēasre	mōdorlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōdorlēase	mōdorlēasa, mōdorlēase	mōdorlēas
Accusative	mōdorlēase	mōdorlēasa, mōdorlēase	mōdorlēas
Genitive	mōdorlēasra	mōdorlēasra	mōdorlēasra
Dative	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum
Instrumental	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum

Declension of mōdorlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōdorlēasa	mōdorlēase	mōdorlēase
Accusative	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēase
Genitive	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan
Dative	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan
Instrumental	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan
Accusative	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan	mōdorlēasan
Genitive	mōdorlēasra, mōdorlēasena	mōdorlēasra, mōdorlēasena	mōdorlēasra, mōdorlēasena
Dative	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum
Instrumental	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum	mōdorlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: moderles, modirles
  • English: motherless

References

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