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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *witalausaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_witalausaz</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_witalausaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witalausaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>witalausaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈwi.tɑ.ˌlɑu̯.sɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚹᛁᛏᚨᛚᚨᚢᛊᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>witless</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *witą (‘knowledge, sense, wit’) + *-lausaz (‘-less’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausą, -at, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausą, -at, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausas, witalausis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausas, witalausis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>witalausaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>witalausaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>witalausaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>witalausammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>witalausōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>witalausammiz</orth>
            </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*witalaus</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>witlēas</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>witles</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>witless</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*witalaus</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>wizzilos</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>witzelōs</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>witzlos</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*witalaus</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*witlōs</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>witlôs</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vitlauss</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>vitleysur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>vitlaus</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>vettløs, vettlaus</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>vettlaus, vitlaus</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vitlauss</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>witløs</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>vidløs</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>vitlauss</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>vitløs</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>vettlös</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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