Old English Dictionary Entry

Cyst-leás

Definitions

1 definitions

1 cyst-leás

adj. Fruitless, reprobate; reprŏbus :-- Him [God] ðá se cystleása [Cain] cwealmes wyrhta andswarode then the reprobate [man] Cain, the worker of murder, answered God, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 28; Gen. 1004. cyst-leas

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᛋᛏ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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