beardleas

Old English

Etymology

From beard (beard) + -lēas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbæɑ̯rdˌlæːɑ̯s/, [ˈbæɑ̯rˠdlæːɑ̯s]

Adjective

beardlēas

  1. beardless

Usage notes

  • Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: bērdlēs

References

  • Bosworth, Joseph. "beard-leás." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth. Ed. Thomas Northcote Toller. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898. 72.
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