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þearf-leás

  • adjective
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Grammar
þearf-leás, adj. Without having need or reason to do something. v. þearf, II, þurfan, II. 4
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  • Þearflǽs hé syrwde ymbe Crist

    he plotted against Christ, but he had no need to do it,

      Homl. Th. i. 82, 20.
  • Ic ðearfleás (þearfleáse, Job. Thw. 166, 22) hine geswencte

    without having cause I afflicted him,

    ii.
      452, 16.
Etymology
[Icel. þarf-lauss needless.]
Linked entries
v.  un-þearfes.
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  • þearf-leás, adj.