wæterleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿæterlēas — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to wæter +‎ -lēas. Cognate with Old High German wazzarlōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæ.terˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

wæterlēas

1. without water, dry; waterless

Declension

Declension of wæterlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wæterlēas	wæterlēas	wæterlēas
Accusative	wæterlēasne	wæterlēase	wæterlēas
Genitive	wæterlēases	wæterlēasre	wæterlēases
Dative	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasre	wæterlēasum
Instrumental	wæterlēase	wæterlēasre	wæterlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wæterlēase	wæterlēasa, wæterlēase	wæterlēas
Accusative	wæterlēase	wæterlēasa, wæterlēase	wæterlēas
Genitive	wæterlēasra	wæterlēasra	wæterlēasra
Dative	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum
Instrumental	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum

Declension of wæterlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wæterlēasa	wæterlēase	wæterlēase
Accusative	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan	wæterlēase
Genitive	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan
Dative	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan
Instrumental	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan
Accusative	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan	wæterlēasan
Genitive	wæterlēasra, wæterlēasena	wæterlēasra, wæterlēasena	wæterlēasra, wæterlēasena
Dative	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum
Instrumental	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum	wæterlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: waterles
  • English: waterless

References

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