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un-hold

  • adjective
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un-hold, adj.
unfriendly, hostile
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  • Ðæt dyde uphold mann

    inimicus homo hoc fecit,

    • Mt. Kntbl. 13, 28.
  • Hé ástealde swíðe strang gyld ... and him wæs ðá unhold eall ðæt his ǽr gyrnde,

    • Chr. 1040
    • ;
    • Erl. 166, 22.
  • Wearð ríces ðeóden unhold þeóden ðám ðe ǽhte geaf,

    • Cd. Th. 218, 4
    • ;
    • Dan. 34.
  • Hé him ða sǽtnunge gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges

    regis sibi infesti insidias vitavit,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 515, 12.
  • Ealle his ǽhta unholde fýnd, ríce réðe mann gedǽle,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 11.
  • Hé mé álýsde of huntum unholdum,

    • 90, 3.
unfaithful, disloyal
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  • Se unholda ðeówa,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 556, 18.
Etymology
[Monies monnes sare iswinc habbeð oft unholde,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 161, 36.
Unholde uorureten þe strencðe of his soule alieni comederunt robur ejus,
  • A. R. 222, 10.
O. Sax. un-hold unfriendly, hostile
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O. H. Ger. un-hold inimicus, unholde; pl. eumenides.
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