adj. I. without restraint, ungovernable, fierce:?-Sió réþe oððe sió steórleáse efferra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 16. II. without regulation, profligate:?-Ðú cýþdest ðæt ðú nestest hwelces endes ǽlc angin wilnode ðá ðú wéndest ðæt steórleáse men and réceleáse wǽron gesǽlige and wealdendas ðisse worulde quis sit rerum finis, ignoras, nequam homines atque nefarios, potentes felicesque arbitraris, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 35. III. without instruction, foolish, ignorant:?-Þeáh hió (the earth) unwísum wídgel þince, on stede stronglíc steórleásum men, Met. 10, 11. IV. without rule, not living under rule:?-Gif bescoren man steórleás (not living under the rule of any religious house) gange him on gestlíðnesse, L. Win. 7; Th. i. 38, 12. [Gif þu uuel were, iwend þe from uuele, þi les þe ðú steorles losie on ende, O. E. Homl. i. 117, 35. Cf. Goth. libands usstiuriba GREEK, Lk. 15, 13. Icel. stjórn-lauss unruly.] steor-leas