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† ˈwemless, a. Obs.
[f. wem n. + -less. Cf. Icel. vammlauss faultless.]
1. Without stain of sin; undefiled, immaculate.
c1275Orison Our Lord 10 in O.E. Misc. 139 Þo þu hire to come heo mayde wes, And mayde heo wes after wemme⁓les. a1300E.E. Psalter xiv. 2 Lauerd, in þi telde wha sal wone?.. Whilke þat incomes wemles, And ai wirkes rightwisenes. 13..Bonaventura's Medit. 812 My sone ys slawe here afore myn ye Þe whyche y bare wemles of my body. a1400Pistill of Susan 151 Are I þat worthliche wrethe, þat al þis world wrouȝt, Betere is wemles weende of þis world wyde. c1420Lydg. Ballad 104 Minor P. (1911) I. 258 O wemles mayden, enbelysshed with his byrthe.
2. Free from material blemish or imperfection; spotless.
a1300Cursor M. 18839 His for-hed fair, wemless to sight, Wit-vten ani runkel slight. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 736 This makellez perle..is wemlez, clene & clere. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxviii. (1495) 338 Noo thynge [is] more Impassyble and wemles..than lyght.
3. Free from hurt or harm; uninjured.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7906 He bar hym so in þat pres Þat of wounde he was wem-les. a1400Mirror St. Edmund in Hampole's Wks. I. 222, I..þanke þe þat me..þou hase kepid,..in þis nyghte..hale, safe, and wemles. a1400–50Wars Alex. 4066 [He] wendis a-way with that word & wemles þaim leuys. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 99 Bot thow mend hym that mys..Thow sall rew in thi ruse..Or thou wend of this wane wemeles away! |