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1. -less, suffix View full entry 1840
...Forming adjs. The Old English léas, like its equivalents in the other Germanic langs. (see lease, loose), was used in the sense ‘devoid (of)’, ‘free (from)’,...
2. -th, suffix2 View full entry 1847
...Forming ordinal numbers; in modern literary English used with all simple numbers from fourth onward; representing Old English -þa, -þe, or -oða, -oðe...
3. -y, suffix1 View full entry 1850
...The general sense of this suffix is ‘having the qualities of’ or ‘full of’ that which is denoted by the n. to which it is added, as icy = (1)...