† loathlessadj.
Obsolete.
Harmless, innocent.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > innocent or harmless
loathlessc1050
seelyc1290
harmless1297
ill-lessc1650
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 419/2 Inmunes, laþlease.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 49 Loðles is þe man þe ne doð ne ne quað ne þencð no þing þat he [etc.].
a1225 Juliana 45 Godes licome þat he nom of þat laðlese meiden.
Derivatives
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society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun]
unshathinessOE
loathlessnessc1200
unloathnessa1225
innoyandnessa1340
innocence1340
innocency1357
innocentness1482
virginity1975
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Deflen Ðe bireueden him alle his riche weden þat waren..undeðlicnesse and loðlesnesse.
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Without harm or injury. rare.
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a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 567 I am sure, and I do batayle with you, I shall nat ascape withoute grete hurtes, and, as I suppose, ye shall nat ascape all lotles.
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adj.c1050- world-spirit
- world-spread
- world-state
- world-stopping
- world-surrounding
- world-thegn
- world-thing
- world-tired
- world-view
- world-viewer
- world-wandering
- world-weal
- world-wearied
- world-weariness
- world-weary
- world-wise
- world-worm
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- worldabiding
- worldabstracted
- worldall
- worldaltering
- worldaught
- worldbeater
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