† swinklessadj.

Forms:

α. Old English swincleas, Middle English suincless, Middle English suynkles, Middle English swynkeles, Middle English swynkles.

β. late Old English geswyncleas.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: swink n., -less suffix; i-swinch n., -less suffix.

Etymology: In α. forms either shortened < β. forms (although these are first attested slightly later) or directly < swink n. + -less suffix. In β. forms < i-swinch n. + -less suffix. Compare swinkful adj.

Obsolete.

Free from toil or trouble; painless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective] > specifically of circumstances, events, or emotions

swinklessOE

secure1558

cloudlessa1596

unpainful1733

passionless1859

strainless1907

stressless1910

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxii. 208 We sceolon on andwerdum life..hine mid estfullum mode herian, þæt we moton becuman to his fulfremedan oncnawennysse and to ðære swincleasan herunge.

lOE tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 141 For he nolde beon mid uren Drihtene..mid blisse buten geswynce, þa geaf God him ane wica þæt he næfre ne byð geswyncleas [altered from swyncleas].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9421 Sa suincless [Gött. suynkles, Trin. Cambr. swynkeles; c1460 Laud swynkles] and sua fair and bright, Als þat time was the sun o light.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	swinkless
释义	† swinklessadj. Forms: α. Old English swincleas, Middle English suincless, Middle English suynkles, Middle English swynkeles, Middle English swynkles. β. late Old English geswyncleas. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: swink n., -less suffix; i-swinch n., -less suffix. Etymology: In α. forms either shortened < β. forms (although these are first attested slightly later) or directly < swink n. + -less suffix. In β. forms < i-swinch n. + -less suffix. Compare swinkful adj. Obsolete. Free from toil or trouble; painless. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective] > specifically of circumstances, events, or emotions swinklessOE secure1558 cloudlessa1596 unpainful1733 passionless1859 strainless1907 stressless1910 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxii. 208 We sceolon on andwerdum life..hine mid estfullum mode herian, þæt we moton becuman to his fulfremedan oncnawennysse and to ðære swincleasan herunge. lOE tr. Honorius Augustodunensis Elucidarium in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 141 For he nolde beon mid uren Drihtene..mid blisse buten geswynce, þa geaf God him ane wica þæt he næfre ne byð geswyncleas [altered from swyncleas]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9421 Sa suincless [Gött. suynkles, Trin. Cambr. swynkeles; c1460 Laud swynkles] and sua fair and bright, Als þat time was the sun o light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OE
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