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un-geþwǽre

  • adjective
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un-geþwǽre, adj.
not in harmony, at variance, discordant, not in agreement
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  • Ungeþwǽra

    discordator, discors,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 77.
  • Simle bióþ ða gódan and ða yflan ungeþwǽre betwyh him, ge eác hwílum ða yflan bióþ ungeráde betwuh him selfum, ge furþum án yfel man bið hwílum ungeþwǽre him selfum

    ut probis atque improbis nullum foedus est, ita ipsi inter se improbi nequeunt convenire,

    • Bt. 39, 12
    • ;
    • Fox 230, 26-29.
  • Gód and yfel bióþ simle ungeþwǽre betwux him and simle on twá willaþ

    bonum malumque adversa fronte dissideant,

    • 37, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 290, 13.
  • Fýr and wæter and manega oþra gesceafta ðe beóþ á swá ungeþwǽra betwux him swá swá hí beóþ,

    • 21
    • ;
    • Fox 74, 16.
  • Ða twá mǽgþa, ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron

    provinciae, quae ab invicem discordabant,

    • Bd. 3, 6
    • ;
    • S. 528, 31: Blickl. Homl. 225, 6.
  • Ðá wǽron ungeðwǽre preóstas on ánum his mynstra; ða hé wolde sibbian ... Se biscop ða ungeðwǽran preóstas ðreáde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 516, 4-15.
  • Ðæt ic móste ofercuman ða þeóda ðe mé ungeðwǽre wǽron,

    • Ps. Th. 15, 2.
given to discord, quarrelsome
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  • Ðætte on óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða geðwǽran (cf. ða gesibsuman, 6) on óðre ða ungeðwǽran (cf. ða ungesibsuman, 6)

    quomodo admonendi sunt discordes et pacati,

    • Past. 46
    • ;
    • Swt. 344, 5.
disagreeable, troublesome, vexatious
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  • Hé sum fæc ðone ungeþwǽran swyle ðwénde

    aliquamdiu tumorem illum infestum mollire curabat,

    • Bd. 4, 32
    • ;
    • S. 611, 40.
  • Ðú hine ongeáte on eallum þingum unweorþne ðæs anwealdes, swíþe sceamleásne and ungeþwǽrne (ungewærne, Bod. MS.) búton ǽlcum gódum þeáwe (

    the Latin is: Cum in eo mentem nequissimi scurrae respiceres),

    • Bt. 27, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 96, 19.
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v. un-þwǽre.
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v.  on-geþwǽre ge-þwǽre un-geþwǽrness un-þwǽre.
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