lifleas
Middle English
editAdjective
editlifleas
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of lyfles
Old English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editlīflēas
- lifeless, inanimate
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
- Æfter þisum bebēad sē ablenda Datianus þæt mann his dēadan godas dēorwurþlīċe frætewode and þæt deofles templ mid dēorwurþan seolfre, and hēt þider lǣdan þone, wende þæt hē wolde wurþian his godas and his lāc ġeoffrian þām līflēasum godum.
- After this the blinded Datianus ordered that his dead gods be richly adorned and that the Devil's temple be adorned with silver, and ordered the faithful martyr to be brought to there, so that he would worship and offer sacrifices to the lifeless gods.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
editDeclension of līflēas — Strong
Declension of līflēas — Weak
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lífleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.