hamleas
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɑːmˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈhɑːmˌlæ͜ɑːs]
Adjective
hāmlēas
- homeless
- (of a place) without habitation
Declension
Declension of hāmlēas — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hāmlēas | hāmlēas | hāmlēas |
| Accusative | hāmlēasne | hāmlēase | hāmlēas |
| Genitive | hāmlēases | hāmlēasre | hāmlēases |
| Dative | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasre | hāmlēasum |
| Instrumental | hāmlēase | hāmlēasre | hāmlēase |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hāmlēase | hāmlēasa, hāmlēase | hāmlēas |
| Accusative | hāmlēase | hāmlēasa, hāmlēase | hāmlēas |
| Genitive | hāmlēasra | hāmlēasra | hāmlēasra |
| Dative | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum |
| Instrumental | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum |
Declension of hāmlēas — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hāmlēasa | hāmlēase | hāmlēase |
| Accusative | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan | hāmlēase |
| Genitive | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan |
| Dative | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan |
| Instrumental | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan |
| Accusative | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan | hāmlēasan |
| Genitive | hāmlēasra, hāmlēasena | hāmlēasra, hāmlēasena | hāmlēasra, hāmlēasena |
| Dative | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum |
| Instrumental | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum | hāmlēasum |
Descendants
- Middle English: *hamles, *homles
- English: homeless
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hámleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.