wifleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• ƿīflēas — wynn spelling

Etymology

From wīf +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːfˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈwiːvˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

wīflēas

1. without a wife; wifeless, unmarried

Declension

Declension of wīflēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīflēas	wīflēas	wīflēas
Accusative	wīflēasne	wīflēase	wīflēas
Genitive	wīflēases	wīflēasre	wīflēases
Dative	wīflēasum	wīflēasre	wīflēasum
Instrumental	wīflēase	wīflēasre	wīflēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīflēase	wīflēasa, wīflēase	wīflēas
Accusative	wīflēase	wīflēasa, wīflēase	wīflēas
Genitive	wīflēasra	wīflēasra	wīflēasra
Dative	wīflēasum	wīflēasum	wīflēasum
Instrumental	wīflēasum	wīflēasum	wīflēasum

Declension of wīflēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīflēasa	wīflēase	wīflēase
Accusative	wīflēasan	wīflēasan	wīflēase
Genitive	wīflēasan	wīflēasan	wīflēasan
Dative	wīflēasan	wīflēasan	wīflēasan
Instrumental	wīflēasan	wīflēasan	wīflēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	wīflēasan	wīflēasan	wīflēasan
Accusative	wīflēasan	wīflēasan	wīflēasan
Genitive	wīflēasra, wīflēasena	wīflēasra, wīflēasena	wīflēasra, wīflēasena
Dative	wīflēasum	wīflēasum	wīflēasum
Instrumental	wīflēasum	wīflēasum	wīflēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: wyflees, wifles
  • English: wifeless

References

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