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un-híre

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-híre, -heóre, -hére, -hiére, -hióre, -hýre; adj.
Fierce, savage, cruel, deadly, dire, dreadful, frightful
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  • Unhiére

    carolios,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 59.

  • Unhére (printed unkere), 94, 36:

    carolios, atrox, inobediens,

    • 129, 17.

  • Unhére, sceþðende

    caustica, nocens,

    • 130, 12.

  • Wælgrim, unhére

    funestus, crudelis, perniciosus,

    • 151, 64.

  • Unhýri, unhiórde

    trux,

    • Txts. 100, 983.

  • Unhýre

    funesta, i. scelesta, criminosa,

    • Wülck. Gl. 245, 1.

  • Ðæs unhiéran

    cruentae,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 34.

  • Ða unhióran

    infestos,

    • 47, 59.
of living creatures
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  • Weard unhióre (

    the fire-drake

    ),
    • Beo. Th. 4818
      • ;
    • B. 2413.

  • Grendeles módor ... wíf unhýre,

    • 4247
      • ;
    • B. 2120.

  • Se (Ishmael) bið unhýre, orlæggífre, wiðerbreca wera cneórissum

    hic erit ferus homo, manus ejus contra omnes (Gen. 16, 12),

    • Cd. Th. 138, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 2287.

  • Ne gémde hé ná swá swýðe hú hé áræfnede ðæs unhýran cwelres hand,

    • Shrn. 129, 9.

  • Ða unhiéran

    torvam (gypsam),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 12.

  • Hió hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihðum,

    • Lchdm. i. 70, 5.
of things
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  • Egl unheóru

    a cruel talon,

    • Beo. Th. 1978
      • ;
    • B. 987.

  • Weder unhióre

    hard weather,

    • Met. 29, 65.

  • Him geblendon drýas drync unheórne, se onwende wera ingeþanc,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 68
      • ;
    • An. 34.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. un-hiuri
:
O. H. Ger. unhiuri, -hiur dirus
:
Icel. ú-hýrr unfriendly-looking, frowning.
]
Linked entries
v.  un-heóre un-hére un-hiére un-hýre un-kere heóre -híre.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-híre.” 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/33434.

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