"oreles" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɔːr(ə)lɛːs/ Forms: orelese [plural], orelese [singular, weak]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English ārlēas; by surface analysis, ore (“honour”) + -les. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|ārlēas|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English ārlēas, {{inh+|enm|ang|ārlēas}} Inherited from Old English ārlēas, {{surface analysis|enm|ore|-les|id1=honour|nocap=1|t1=honour}} by surface analysis, ore (“honour”) + -les Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|orelese||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} oreles (plural and weak singular orelese), {{enm-adj|orelese}} oreles (plural and weak singular orelese)
  1. Ruthless; lacking forgiveness. Tags: Early-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-oreles-enm-adj-b30ptMNa
  2. Wicked; lacking morals. Tags: Early-Middle-English, rare Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-oreles-enm-adj-WPr53u7A Disambiguation of Ethics: 10 90 0 Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -les, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Early Middle English: 18 82 0 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 91 1 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -les: 14 83 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 0
  3. (rare) Worthless, base. Tags: Early-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-oreles-enm-adj-wXjucC2o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: are-les, arleas, arleæs, oreleas, orleas, arelæs [Ormulum]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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