Middle English Dictionary Entry
wǒmmanlē̆s adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | wǒmmanlē̆s adj. |
| Etymology | From wǒmman n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Without a woman or women; also, without a midwife [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- c1375(?c1280) SLeg.Nativ.(Eg 1993)574 : ‘A[l]as,’ quaþ iosep, ‘wommon les [SLeg.Nativ.M&C: wummanles], what schule we do þer fore?’
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)4510 : Clarionas…had gon all womanles, Whiche had not ben hir honour in certayn.