endeles
Middle English
Alternative forms
- eendeles, endelees, endelez, endlees
- endles, endlez, yendles, yndelesse (Late Middle English)
- endelæs (Ormulum)
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)
- 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 […]
- Unending in quantity; nonfinite, innumerable.
- (rare) Unending in extent; stretching on forever, boundaryless.
- (rare) Unending in area; dimensionless.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ē̆ndelē̆s, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 August 2018.
Adverb
endeles
- For an infinite time; endlessly, timelessly, lasting without end.
- Having an infinite quantity; nonfinitely, innumerably.
References
- “ē̆ndelē̆s, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 August 2018.