hamleas

Old English

Etymology

From hām +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑːmˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈhɑːmˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

hāmlēas

1. homeless

   Mīn mōdor is hwēne hāmlēas!

   My mother is slightly homeless!

2. (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.