heortleas

Old English

Etymology

From heorte +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe͜ortˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈhe͜orˠtˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

heortlēas

1. without courage or spirit, cowed

Declension

Declension of heortlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heortlēas	heortlēas	heortlēas
Accusative	heortlēasne	heortlēase	heortlēas
Genitive	heortlēases	heortlēasre	heortlēases
Dative	heortlēasum	heortlēasre	heortlēasum
Instrumental	heortlēase	heortlēasre	heortlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heortlēase	heortlēasa, heortlēase	heortlēas
Accusative	heortlēase	heortlēasa, heortlēase	heortlēas
Genitive	heortlēasra	heortlēasra	heortlēasra
Dative	heortlēasum	heortlēasum	heortlēasum
Instrumental	heortlēasum	heortlēasum	heortlēasum

Declension of heortlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heortlēasa	heortlēase	heortlēase
Accusative	heortlēasan	heortlēasan	heortlēase
Genitive	heortlēasan	heortlēasan	heortlēasan
Dative	heortlēasan	heortlēasan	heortlēasan
Instrumental	heortlēasan	heortlēasan	heortlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	heortlēasan	heortlēasan	heortlēasan
Accusative	heortlēasan	heortlēasan	heortlēasan
Genitive	heortlēasra, heortlēasena	heortlēasra, heortlēasena	heortlēasra, heortlēasena
Dative	heortlēasum	heortlēasum	heortlēasum
Instrumental	heortlēasum	heortlēasum	heortlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: herteles, hertles
  • English: heartless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heortleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.