Wíf-leás

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wíf-leás

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wíf-leás
adj. Without a wife, unmarried: -- Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. [Wyyfles or not weddyd agamus, Prompt. Par

Related words: 526.] See also next word. wif-leas

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