sackless

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In modern Eng.dial. the form is generally _sackless_.

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  1. Guiltless; innocent; free from fault or blame. It ware worthy to be schrede and schrynede in golde, ffor it es sakles of syne, sa helpe me oure Lorde! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), l. 3993. “O, is this water deep,” he said, “As it is wondrous dun? Or is it sic as a saikless maid And a leal true knicht may swim?” Sir Roland (Child's Ballads, I. 226). How she was abandoned to herself, or whether she was sackless o’ the sinfu’ deed, God in Heaven knows. Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, v.
  2. Guileless; simple. ‘Gainst slander's blast Truth doth the silly sackless soul defend. Greene, Isabel's Sonnet. And many sacklesse wights and praty barnes run through the tender weambs. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (Harl. Misc., VI. 163). [Obsolete or dialectal in both senses.]
  3. Folk-free and sackless. See folk-free.

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  • He's sackless in Williams 'absence following a three-game, six-sack streak earlier in the month. —  SI.com
  • Our View: Porter had 17.5 sacks this season, but went sackless in his final three games as offensive lines found multiple ways to neutralize him. —  Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers
  • Indeed, this goes back to last week's discussion on sackless GOP types submitting on every issue. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • Whitworth moved to tackle to cool off Allen in Kansas City and hold him sackless after Allen got 2.5 in the first 17 snaps in 2007.
  • Similarly valid explanations were offered after Griese's sackless day. —  chicagotribune.com - Sports
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  1. Also (Scots) saikless; from Middle English sakles, sacless, sacles, innocent, from Anglo-Saxon sacleás (= Icelandic saklauss = Swedish saklös = Danish sageslös), without contention, quiet, peaceable, from sacu, strife, contention, guilt, also a cause, lawsuit, accusation, + -leás, English -less: see sake and -less.
 

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