Wæter-leás

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wæter-leás

adj. Without water, dry :-- Hig dydon hine on ðone wæterleásan pytt miserunt eum in cisternam, quae non habebat aquam, Gen. 37, 24. Hé gáð ðerh stówa (-e, Rush.) wæterleása (-e, Rush.) perambulat per loca inaquosa, Lk. Skt. Lind. 11, 24. [O. H. Ger. wazzer-lós sine aqua.] wæter-leas