mihtleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• mihtelēas

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz, equivalent to miht +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmixtˌlæ͜ɑːs/, [ˈmiçtˌlæ͜ɑːs]

Adjective

mihtlēas

1. mightless, weak, powerless, impotent; without might or power

Declension

Declension of mihtlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mihtlēas	mihtlēas	mihtlēas
Accusative	mihtlēasne	mihtlēase	mihtlēas
Genitive	mihtlēases	mihtlēasre	mihtlēases
Dative	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasre	mihtlēasum
Instrumental	mihtlēase	mihtlēasre	mihtlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mihtlēase	mihtlēasa, mihtlēase	mihtlēas
Accusative	mihtlēase	mihtlēasa, mihtlēase	mihtlēas
Genitive	mihtlēasra	mihtlēasra	mihtlēasra
Dative	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum
Instrumental	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum

Declension of mihtlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mihtlēasa	mihtlēase	mihtlēase
Accusative	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan	mihtlēase
Genitive	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan
Dative	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan
Instrumental	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan
Accusative	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan	mihtlēasan
Genitive	mihtlēasra, mihtlēasena	mihtlēasra, mihtlēasena	mihtlēasra, mihtlēasena
Dative	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum
Instrumental	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum	mihtlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: myghtles, mihtles, mightles
  • Scots: michtles
  • English: mightless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “meahtleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.