SACKLESS

Etymology

Adjective

sackless (comparative more sackless, superlative most sackless)

(provincial, Northern England, poetic or archaic) Blameless, guiltless, innocent.

Usage notes

Though otherwise dated, the word sackless is still used in translations of the Old Norse / Old Icelandic sagas and related contexts.

Source: Wiktionary


Sack"less, a. Etym: [AS. sacleás; sacu contention + leás loose, free from.]

Definition: Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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