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un-gecyndelíc

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un-gecyndelíc, adj.
unnatural, not in accordance with the nature of a thing
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  • Ungecyndelíc is ǽlcre wuhte, ðæt hit wilnige deáþes,

    • Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 152, 7.
not natural, supernatural
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  • Ungecyndelíc fýr cymð fǽrunga on eówre burga,

    • Wulfst. 297, 13.
unnatural, contrary to nature, monstrous
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  • Hit is ungecyndelícu ofermódgung ðæt se monn wilnige ðæt hine his gelíca ondrǽde

    contra naturam superbire est, ab aequali velle timeri,

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 109, 11.

  • Swíþe ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon ymbe ðone fæder,

    • Bt. 31, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 12.

  • Gecyndelícra synna oþþe ungecyndelícra,

    • L. de Cf. 6
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 262, 24: Anglia xi. 98, 19.

  • On ungecyndelícum þingum

    in rebus naturae contrariis,

    • L. M. I. P. 40
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 276, 7: Anglia xi. 3, 78.

  • Wé fram dæge tó óþrum geáxiaþ ungecyndelíco witu and ungecyndelíce (-cynelíce, MS.) deáþas tó mannum cumene,

    • Blickl. Home. 107, 26.

  • Hwæt wǽre ungecyndlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige sceaft under his anwealde,

    • Bt. 41, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 244, 28.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gecyndelíc.” 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/33039.

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