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un-eáðe

  • adjective
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un-eáðe, and un-iéðe (-éðe, -íðe, -ýðe); adj.
of that which is not easy to do, difficult, hard
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  • Nis ðæt uneáðe ealwealdan Gode tó gefremmanne,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 409
      • ;
    • An. 205.

  • Hé sǽde ðæt se cræft uniéðe wǽre tó gehealdenne

    praedicit quia difficile capitur,

    • Past. 52
      • ;
    • Swt. 409, 20.

  • Hit is uniéðe tó gesecgenne hú monege gewin wǽron,

    • Ors. 1, 12
      • ;
    • Swt. 52, 8.
of that which is not easy to bear, troublesome, unpleasant, grievous
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  • Se líchoma on ðone fúlostan stenc bið gecyrred ... and hé byð uneáðe ǽlcon men on neáweste tó hæbbenne,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 15.

  • Uneáðe mé is ðis

    I am in a great strait (2 Sam. 24, 14),

    • Homl. Skt. i. 13, 247.

  • Ðæt folc hine hæfde swá yfele swá hé sumes þinges scyldig wǽre ... and him wæs swá uneáþe amang ðám, and him þa eágan floterodon, and bitere teáras áléton,

    • 23, 654.

  • For hwý sceal ǽnigum menn ðyncan tó réðe oððe tó uniéðe ðæt hé Godes suingellan geðafige

    cur asperum creditur, ut a Deo homo toleret flagella?

    • Past. 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 261, 20.

  • Seó wíse wæs míne (in mé, v. l.) on twá healfa unéþe

    quae res dupliciter me torsit,

    • Nar. 9, 23.

  • Him bið unéþe þurst getenge

    he will be oppressed by troublesome thirst,

    • Lchdm. ii. 174, 23.

  • Wamb ungewealden and unýþe,

    • 242, 5.

  • Unýþe

    molestus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 12.

  • Swá oft swá we óht uneáþes þrowian æt yfflum monnum,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 22.

  • Hé Gode þancie ealles ðæs ðe hé him forgeaf, ǽgðer ge ýðran ge unýðran,

    • L. E. I. 29
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 426, 11.

  • Hé was underfange[n] of ðám hádesmannum ðe him ealra uneáþest was, ðæt was clerican

    he was received by those of the clergy that it was most distasteful to him to be received by, that is by the secular clergy

    (cf. Aþelwold dráf út ða clerca of þe biscopríce,
    • 963
      • ;
    • Th. i. 220, 19
    ),
    • Chr. 995
      • ;
    • Th. i. 244, 6.
of that which is not readily done, to which one is not easily moved, and so is little done
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  • Ðú gionga, bió ðé uníðe tó clipianne and tó lǽranne

    do not let it be an easy matter to you to call and to teach;

    adolescens loquere vix,
    • Past. 49
      • ;
    • Swt. 385, 10.
Etymology
[Þeih hem be uneáðe ne sal nafre eft Crist þolien deað for lesen hem of deaðe,
  • O. E. Homl. ii. 225, 183.
Corineus was uneðe and wa on his mode,
  • Laym. 2259
.]
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v.  un-éðe un-íðe.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-eáðe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/32889.

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