† wanlesswanelessadj.
Obsolete.
Hopeless.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [adjective]
ormodeOE
ortroweOE
aerwenec1275
wanlessa1300
desesperatc1384
despairedc1400
wanhopelyc1425
lornc1475
desperate1483
wanhope1549
hopelost1570
despairfula1586
forlorn1603
despairinga1616
hopelessa1616
unhopinga1628
lost1709
au désespoir1766
unanticipative1847
unhopeful1850
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23998 Bot quen i sagh þaa juus snell, Rise again mi sun sua fell, ful wanles [Fairfax waneles] wex i þan.
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adj.a1300- to hold a finger to a thing
- to hold a finger to the wind
- to hold a good wind
- to hold a organization in contempt of court
- to hold a person at stave's end
- to hold a person at the long saw
- to hold a person company
- to hold a person in contempt
- to hold a person in contempt of court
- to hold a person in etc reverence
- to hold a person in fable
- to hold a person in great reverence
- to hold a person in hand
- to hold a person in reverence
- to hold a person in the palm of one's hand
- to hold a person responsible
- to hold a person scoreless
- to hold a person tack
- to hold a person tack to tack
- to hold a person upon the inturn
- to hold a person wag
- to hold a person's feet to the fire
- to hold a pistol at a person's head
- to hold a pistol at head
- to hold a pistol to a person's head