bearnleas

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *barnalausaz. Cognate with Old Frisian bernlās and Old Norse barnlauss. Equivalent to bearn +‎ -lēas.

Adjective

bearnlēas

1. childless
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36

     Þā cwæþ Iācōb heora fæder, "Bearnlēasne ġē habbaþ mē ġedōnne. Næbbe iċ Iōsēp and Simeon is on bendum; nū ġē nimaþ Beniamin æt mē."

     Then their father Jacob said, "You have made me childless. I don't have Joseph and Simeon is in chains; now you're taking Benjamin from me."

Declension

Declension of bearnlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bearnlēas	bearnlēas	bearnlēas
Accusative	bearnlēasne	bearnlēase	bearnlēas
Genitive	bearnlēases	bearnlēasre	bearnlēases
Dative	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasre	bearnlēasum
Instrumental	bearnlēase	bearnlēasre	bearnlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bearnlēase	bearnlēasa, bearnlēase	bearnlēas
Accusative	bearnlēase	bearnlēasa, bearnlēase	bearnlēas
Genitive	bearnlēasra	bearnlēasra	bearnlēasra
Dative	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum
Instrumental	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum

Declension of bearnlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bearnlēasa	bearnlēase	bearnlēase
Accusative	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan	bearnlēase
Genitive	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan
Dative	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan
Instrumental	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan
Accusative	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan	bearnlēasan
Genitive	bearnlēasra, bearnlēasena	bearnlēasra, bearnlēasena	bearnlēasra, bearnlēasena
Dative	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum
Instrumental	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum	bearnlēasum

Related terms

• bearnlīest

Descendants

• Middle English: barnles, barneles, bærn-les
  • English: bairnless
  • Scots: bairnless

References

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