different between sickless vs sackless
sickless
English
Etymology
sick +? -less
Adjective
sickless (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Free from sickness.
- 1606, John Marston, The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedy of Sophonisba
- Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease.
- 1606, John Marston, The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedy of Sophonisba
Derived terms
- sicklessness
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sackless
English
Alternative forms
- saikless (Scottish)
Etymology
From Middle English sakles, sacless (“innocent”), from Old English sacl?as (“free from charge, innocent, safe”), from Proto-Germanic *sakalausaz (“free from accusation”), equivalent to sake +? -less. Cognate with Danish sagesløs (“blameless”), Swedish saklös (“blamesless”), Icelandic saklaus (“innocent”). More at sake, -less.
Adjective
sackless (comparative more sackless, superlative most sackless)
- (provincial, Northern England, poetic or archaic) Blameless, guiltless, innocent.
- The candles will burn bright.
- 1900: Eiríkur Magnússon, William Morris, The Story of Grettir the Strong (page 149)
- […] and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless.
Usage notes
Though otherwise dated, the word sackless is still used in translations of the Old Norse / Old Icelandic sagas and related contexts.
References
- Northumberland Words, Oliver Heslop and Harry Haldane, 1894.
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