English

Alternative forms

• saikless (Scottish)

Adjective

sackless ‎(comparative more sackless, superlative most sackless)

1. (provincial, Northern England, poetic or archaic) Blameless, guiltless, innocent.
   • 1838: Walter Scott, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: with the author's introductions and notes

     [...] And where that sackless knight lies slain,

     The candles will burn bright.

   • 1900: Eiríkur Magnússon, William Morris, The Story of Grettir the Strong

     [...] and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless.

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.