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un-þearf

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
un-þearf, e; f.
Disadvantage, hurt, harm, detriment
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  • Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ ðe tó ðínre unþearefe

    si perfidam perhorrescis, sperne atque abjice perniciosa ludentem,

    • Bt. 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 18, 10.

  • Ðæt wyrð ðære þeóde eall tó unþearfe,

    • L. I. P. 4
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 308, 3, 9: Wulfst. 267, 30.

  • Deófol má and má manna forlǽrde and getihte tó heora ágenre unþearfe,

    • 10, 4.

  • Ðú lutodest on ðam láðum cristendóme ðám godum tó teónan and mé tó unþearfe,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 5, 414.

  • Hé gegaderode his folc tó ðæs cynges unþearfe, ac hé wæs gelet (hé gaderode his folc þan cyngce tó unþearfe hé þóhte, ac hit wearð heora seolfan tó mycclan hearme, MS. D.),

    • Chr. 1075
      • ;
    • Erl. 213, 27.

  • Hé férde for his bróðær unþearfe intó Normandige

    he (William) went to Normandy on account of the injury his brother had done him (see Henry of Huntingdon),

    • 1091
      • ;
    • Erl. 227, 5.

  • Nú hæfð se yfela gást seofontealde ungifa, ðæt sýn unþearfa manegra manna,

    • Wulfst. 52, 9.
Etymology
[
Icel. ú-þörf harm.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-þearf.” 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/33841.

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