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Grammar
unc, dat.: unc, uncet (-it), acc.: uncer; gen.
Wright's OE grammar
§459; §462;
Us two, me and thee, me and him.
alone
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  • 'Hwæt wylle gyt ðæt ic inc dó?' Ðá cwǽdon hí: ' Syle unc ðæt wit sitton, án on ðíne swýðran healfe and óþer on ðíne wynstran,'

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 37.

  • Hé sǽde unc eall,

    • Gen. 41, 13.

  • Ðú mé behéte hál ðæt ðæt ðú mé, sealdest, on ða gewitnesse ðe unc ðá mid wæs,

    • L. O. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 180, 24.

  • Unc is his hyldo þearf,

    • Cd. Th. 41, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 664.

  • Æfter ðon ðe wit nú betweoh unc tógongenne beóþ, ne geseó wit unc ofer ðæt in ðysse weorulde,

    • Bd. 4, 19
      • ;
    • S. 607, 20.

  • Beforan ungc,

    • 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 628, 15.

  • Mid ðý ic unc wénde ingangende beón,

    • S. 629, 39.

  • Wit unc werian þóhton,

    • Beo. Th. 1085
      • ;
    • B. 540.

  • Gif hé forhigeþ uncet fyrenfulle,

    • Shrn. 42, 27.

  • Ðá sende hé uncerne efenþeówan mid unc, ðæt hé uncet sceolde út álǽdan ... ðá ne mihte hé unc gesión,

    • 43, 1-5.

  • Sege mínum bréðer ðæt hé dǽle uncer ǽhta wið mé,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 13.

  • Wit be uncer ǽrdǽdum onfóð,

    • 23, 41.

  • Ðú hæfst yfele gemearcod uncer sylfra síð,

    • Cd. Th. 49, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 792.

  • Mid uncer ágene swurde,

    • Shrn. 39, 35.

  • Wit gerehton bi ealre uncer fóre,

    • 43, 34.

  • Uncer láþette ǽgðer óðer,

    • 39, 22.

  • Ne nǽfre uncer áwþer his ellen cýðde,

    • Exon. Th. 496, 29
      • ;
    • Rä. 85, 22.
Grammar
unc, with numeral forms
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  • Ic wið ðé sceolde for unc ánum twám ǽrendsprǽce ábeódan,

    • Exon. Th. 472, 12
      • ;
    • Rä. 61, 15.

  • Unc mǽran twám,

    • 496, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 85, 10.

  • Bismærædu ugket men bá ætgadre,

    • Txts. 126, 8.

  • Hwæðer uncer twéga,

    • Beo. Th. 5057
      • ;
    • B. 2532: Cd. Th.110, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 1835.

  • Ic rǽd sprece bégra uncer,

    • 115, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 1914.
with the name of the person who is associated with the speaker
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  • Sceolde unc Adame ( for me and Adam ) yfele gewurðan ymb ðæt, heofonríce,

    • Cd. Th. 25, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 387.

  • Is ðæt land healf ðæs cinges, healf uncer Bretinges,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 422, 11.

  • Uncer Grendles

    of me and Grendel,

    • Beo. Th. 4009
      • ;
    • B. 2002.
Etymology
[
Laym. Marh. Gen. and Ex. unc
:
Orm. uunc baþe
:
Kath. bituhten unc tweien (us twa, v. r.)
:
Laym. O. and N. hwaðer unker.
Goth. ugkis; dat.; ugkis, ugk; acc.; ugkara; gen.
:
O. Sax. unk; dat. acc.; unkeró; gen.
:
O. H. Ger. unker (zweio); gen.
:
Icel. okkr; dat. acc.; okkar; gen.
]
Similar entries
v. wit, uncer.
Linked entries
v.  uncet ungc wit.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “unc.” 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/32701.

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