beardleas

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bardalaus, equivalent to beard (“beard”) +‎ -lēas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbæ͜ɑrdˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈbæ͜ɑrˠdˌlæ͜ɑːs] === Adjective === beardlēas beardless Synonyms: unġebeard, unġebyrd ==== Usage notes ==== Used as a noun, it denotes those without a beard, as a youth, stripling. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: berdles, beerdles, berdeles, berdlese, berdlessEnglish: beardlessScots: beardless === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “beard-leás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.