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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *barnalausaz. Cognate with Old Frisian bernlās and Old Norse barnlauss. Equivalent to bearn + -lēas.
Adjective
bearnlēas
- 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
Declension of bearnlēas — Weak
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