-lees in Middle English

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Etymology: Old English -lēas, from Proto-Germanic. Compare Dutch -loos, German -los. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|-lēas}} Old English -lēas, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{cog|nl|-loos}} Dutch -loos, {{cog|de|-los}} German -los Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -lees

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-lēas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -lēas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-loos"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -loos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-los"
      },
      "expansion": "German -los",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old English -lēas, from Proto-Germanic. Compare Dutch -loos, German -los.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-lees",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-less (lacking; without)"
      ],
      "id": "en--lees-enm-suffix-7-30yDBV",
      "links": [
        [
          "-less",
          "-less"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lees"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-lēas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -lēas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-loos"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -loos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-los"
      },
      "expansion": "German -los",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Old English -lēas, from Proto-Germanic. Compare Dutch -loos, German -los.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-lees",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English suffixes",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-less (lacking; without)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-less",
          "-less"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lees"
}

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"-lees" meaning in Middle English

Suffix