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Middle English
Adjective
arleas
- Alternative form of oreles
Old English
Etymology
From ār (“honor, glory, grace”) + -lēas.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ārlēas (superlative ārlēasest)
- honorless, disgraceful, wicked, impious
- late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Is nū ēac to witenne þæt man witnaþ foroft þā ārlēasan sċeaþan and þā swicolan þēofas...- It is also now known that we very often punish the honorless robbers and the treacherous thieves...
Declension
Declension of ārlēas — Strong
Declension of ārlēas — Weak
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