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† ˈgoodless, a. Obs.
[f. good n. + less.]
1. Devoid of good; comfortless; worthless.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iii. i. (1890) 154 Þis unᵹesæliᵹe ᵹear & þat godlease. a1200Moral Ode 344 Hi muwen lihtliche gon..ðurh ane godliese wude, in-to ane bare felde. a1225Leg. Kath. 846 Wlonke wordes, þat þuncheð se greate & beð godlese þah & bare of euch blisse. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 70 Like a fals lying goodlesse man, he pretendeth [etc.].
2. Without goods or property; destitute.
c1230Hali Meid. 31, & tu..schalt greui [printed greni] godles inwið waste wahes. c1300Prov. Hending xiv, Gredy is þe godles, quoþ Hendyng. 1581Mulcaster Positions 262 Both reft of goodnesse, and left goodlesse. |
