† ˈmetheless, a. Obs.
[OE. mǽþléas: see methe n. and -less.]
Immoderate.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. (Th.) II. 516 Ða het Martinus ða mæðleasan fuᵹelas ðæs fixnoðes ᵹeswican. a 1225 Ancr. R. 96 Ȝif he is meðleas, ileueð him þe wurse. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 273 Þose wern men meþelez & maȝty on vrþe. |