a. Obs. [OE. láðléas, f. láð harm, LOATH sb. + -léas -LESS.] Harmless, innocent.

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c. 1050.  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 419/2. Inmunes, laþlease.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 49. Loðles is þe man þe ne doð ne ne quað ne þencð no þing hat he [etc.].

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a. 1225.  Juliana, 45. Godes licome þat he nom of þat laðlese meiden.

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  Hence † Loathlessness, innocence.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 33. Deflen Ðe bireueden him alle his riche weden þat waren … undeðlicnesse and loðlesnesse.

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