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un-þanc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
un-þanc, es; m.
disfavour, displeasure, anger, ill-will
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  • Oft ða unwaran láreówas for ege ne durron cleopian, ondrǽdaþ him sumra monna unðonc

    saepe rectores improvidi humanam amittere gratiam formidantes loqui pertimescunt,

    • Past. 15
      • ;
    • Swt. 89, 12.

  • Hine on unðanc R eorringa geséceþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 197
      • ;
    • Sal. 98.
an unpleasing act, a displeasure, an offence, annoyance
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  • Cweðe gé ðæt ic eów dide ǽfre ǽnigne unþanc?

    • Ap. Th. 26, 3.

  • Nú ic wolde ðé ðone unþanc mid yfele leánian,

    • Gen. 31, 29.

  • Hé bræc ðæne palant æt Neomagan and eác fela óðra unþanca hé him dyde,

    • Chr. 1049
      • ;
    • Erl. 172, 22.

  • Hé wolde geofan him ðone castel, ðæt hé mihte syððan dæghwamlíce his unwinan unþancas dón,

    • 1075
      • ;
    • Erl. 212, 16.
Grammar
un-þanc, ¶ The word occurs most frequently in the genitive, with adverbial force, where something is done without a person's consent or good-will,
not thanks, displeasure expressed in words
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  • Ðá ágeaf hé ðæt feoh tó unðances (he gave back the money without getting any thanks), and his eác hæfde micelne dem

    talentum cum sententia damnationis amisit,

    • Past. 49
      • ;
    • Swt. 379, 9.

  • Ðá wæs Hannibale æfter hiera hǽðeniscum gewunan ðæt andwyrde swíþe láð and him unþanc sǽde ðæs andwyrdes

    abominatus dictum Annibal,

    • Ors. 4, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 202, 7.
absolute, unwillingly, without consent, on compulsion; ingratis
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  • Niman hí unþances ( without the person's consent ) ðone teóðan dǽl,

    • L. Edg. i. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 264, 1.

  • Hé ðone deófol ádrǽfde of ðam preóste ... Se deófol, ðe hine ǽr unðances forlét, hine sóna gelæhte,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 170, 11.

  • Ðú miht forleósan unðances ða ðing ðe áteorian magon, ac gif ðú sylf for Gode gód byst, ðæt ðú ne forlýst nǽfre unðances,

    • 410, 26-28.

  • Far ðé frig; nis ná úre gewuna ðæt ǽnig man unðances tó Gode gecyrre,

    • 416, 32.

  • Se cyning sende æfter Amane, and hé unþances com,

    • Homl. Ass. 99, 247: Hexam. 20
      • ;
    • Norm. 28, 23.

  • Unþances fæstende,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 19, 92.

  • Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 148, 28: Homl. Skt. i. 17, 31.

  • Se mægðhád sceal beón geoffrod be his ágenum cyre, ðæt seó lác beó leófre ðonne hé wǽre, gif hé unðances wǽre,

    • Homl. Ass. 33, 237.

  • Gewilde man hí tó rihte þances oððe unþances,

    • L. Eth. ix. 40
      • ;
    • Th. i. 348, 38.

  • Hé nam sume mid him, sume þances, sume unþances,

    • Chr. 1066
      • ;
    • Erl. 198, 37.
Grammar
un-þanc, with noun or pronoun,
without (a person's) consent, not of (one's own) accord, against (one's) will :
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  • -- Ðá gerád Æþelwold ðone hám æt Winburnan ðæs cynges unþances (bútan ðæs cyninges leáfe, MS. A.),

    • Chr. 901
      • ;
    • Erl. 97, 12.

  • On ðám castelan ðe hí ǽr ðes eorles unþances begiten hæfdon,

    • 1091
      • ;
    • Erl. 227, 10.

  • Ðá wearð hé gecristnod his mága unþances,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 31, 24.

  • Scealt ðú ðínes unþances ðone hord ámeldian,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 716.

  • Án his manna wolde wícian æt ánes búndan húse his unðances,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 177, 36.

  • Þeáh him ðæt word ofscute his unnþances

    licet verbum illud improviso exprimerit,

    • 1055
      • ;
    • Erl. 189, 6.

  • Ðonne sió sául hire unðonces gebǽdd wierð ðæt yfe tó forlǽtanne,

    • Past. 36
      • ;
    • Swt. 251, 12.

  • Ðis folc ðe úre unþances faran wyllaþ,

    • Ex. 14, 5.

  • Hí heora unðances hié begeáton,

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 64, 27.

  • Unþances,

    • 5, 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 244, 25,

  • Unþances,

    • Jud. 11, 33.
Etymology
[Þat him wes mucheles unðonc (mid mochel onþong, 2nd MS.),
  • Laym. 22370.
Hit is þe an unðonke,
  • 11769
. Seoruwe uor luve of eie worldliche þinge, oðer nor eni unðonc,
  • A. R. 202, 12.
For þeft and for þrepyng unþonk may mon haue,
  • Allit. Pms. 43, 183: P. S. 327, 90: Chauc. T. and C. 5, 699.
Unthank come on his heed,
  • Reeve's T. 162.
Hy wyteþ and zyggeþ onþank,
  • Ayenb. 69, 15.
A king of Britaine hauede heo bewedded al hire unðonkes,
  • Laym. 4502.
Bettre iss to þe mann to don all hiss unnþannkess god þan ifell hise þannkess,
  • Orm. 7194.
O. H. Ger. un-dankes ex necessitate, invite.
Cf.
Icel. ú-þökk; f. reproach, censure.
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v.  un-þances.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-þanc.” 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/33838.

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