endeles

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English endelēas, from Proto-West Germanic *andijalaus, from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz; equivalent to ende (end) +‎ -les (-less).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːnd(ə)lɛ̝ːs/, /ˈɛnd(ə)lɛ̝ːs/, /ˈeːnd(ə)lɛs/, /ˈɛnd(ə)lɛs/

Adjective

endeles (plural and weak singular endelese)

  1. Unending in time; endless, timeless, lasting forever.
    • c. 1180, Orͬm, “Secundum Iohannem .XVIII. [John 1:19]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 80, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:
      Þe fır off helle ıſſ endelæſ. ⁊ aᵹᫌ occ aᵹᫌ unᷠcƿenᷠkedd. Sƿa ꝥ ıtt muᵹͪe laſſtenᷠ. a. To bærnenᷠ. ⁊ to pınenᷠ.
      The fire of hell is permanent and forever unextinguished, so that it can always exist to scorch and torment []
  2. Unending in quantity; nonfinite, innumerable.
  3. (rare) Unending in extent; stretching on forever, boundaryless.
  4. (rare) Unending in area; dimensionless.

Descendants

  • English: endless
  • Middle Scots: endles

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Adverb

endeles

  1. For an infinite time; endlessly, timelessly, lasting without end.
  2. Having an infinite quantity; nonfinitely, innumerably.

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