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un-fæger

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-fæger, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
Not fair, not beautiful, foul, ugly, horrid
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  • Sió gefrédnes mæg gefrédan ðæt hit líchoma biþ, ac hió ne mæg gefrédan hwæþer hé biþ ðe blac ðe hwít, ðe fæger þe unfæger,

    • Bt. 41, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 252, 12.
  • Þincð his ( a dead man's ) neáwist láþlíco and unfæger,

    • Blickl. Homl. 111, 30.
  • Him of eágum stód líge gelícost leóht unfæger

    from Grendel's eyes there shot a horrid light like flame,

    • Beo. Th. 1459
    • ;
    • B. 727.
  • Se unfægera

    larbata (cf. hreófe larbatos, 86, 64: egisgríma larbula, 112, 21),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 68.
Etymology
[
Goth. un-fagrs ingratus
:
Icel. ú-fagr ugly.
]
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  • un-fæger, adj.