Definitions For Sackless

Adjective

(provincial, Northern England, poetic, or, archaic) blameless, blameless, guiltless, innocent. : {{ux, en, Defaming and framing sackless folks is no different than killing them.}}

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.

Alternative forms

saikless {{qualifier, Scottish}}

Etymology

from middle english sakles, sacless + + innocent, from {{inh + en + ang + saclēas + + free from charge, innocent, safe}}, from {{inh + en + gem-pro + *sakalausaz + + free from accusation}}, equivalent to sake + less. cognate with {{cog + da + sagesløs + + blameless}}, {{cog + sv + saklös + + blamesless}}, {{cog + is + saklaus + + innocent}}. more at {{l + en + sake}}, {{l + en + -less}}.