Þearf-leás

According to the Old English Dictionary:

þearf-leás

adj. Without having need or reason to do something. he plotted against Christ, but he had no need to do it, Homl. Th. i. 82, 20. Ic ðearfleás (þearfleáse, Job. Thw. 166, 22) hine geswencte without having cause I afflicted him, ii. 452, 16. [Icel. þarf-lauss needless.] þearf-leas

Related words: þearf, II, þurfan, II. 4 :-- Þearflǽs hé syrwde ymbe Crist