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un-scende

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-scende, -scynde; adj.
Without disgrace, honourable, noble
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  • Ælfheres láf ( a coat of mail ) golde geweorðod, ealles unscende, æðelinges reáf,

    • Wald. 96
    • ;
    • Vald. 2, 20.
  • Gife unscynde

    a noble gift

    (the nails from the cross),
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2400
    • ;
    • El. 1201: 2492
    • ;
    • El. 1247.
  • Eów Dryhten geaf dóm unscyndne,

    • 730
    • ;
    • El. 365.
  • Se him dóm forgeaf, unscyndne blǽd,

    • Cd. Th. 263, 16
    • ;
    • Dan. 763.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. un-scant non ignominiosus.
]
Linked entries
v.  -scende -scynde un-scynde.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • un-scende, adj.