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un-friþ

  • noun [ neuter ]
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un-friþ, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
absence of peace, hostilities
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  • Hér wæs micel unfrið on Angelcynnes londe þurh sciphere, and wel gehwǽr hergedon and bærndon

    in this year there were constant hostilities in England through the Danes, and they harried and burned pretty well everywhere,

    • Chr. 1001
    • ;
    • Erl. 136, 1.
  • Hér áspón Æðelwald ðone here tó unfriðe, ðæt hié hergodon ofer Mercna land

    in this year Ethelwold enticed the Danes to hostilities, so that they went across Mercia harrying,

    • 905
    • ;
    • Erl. 98, 14.
  • Hé behét ðæt hé nǽfre eft tó Angelcynne mid unfriðe cumon nolde

    he promised that he would never again come and disturb the peace of England,

    • 994
    • ;
    • Erl. 133, 33.
  • Se cyng bæd Godwine eorl faran intó Cent mid unfriða, ac se eorl nolde ná geðwǽrian ðære infare, forþan him wæs láð tó ámyrrenne his ágenne folgað;

    • 1048
    • ;
    • Erl. 178, 8.
  • For unfriðe

    on account of hostilities,

    • L. N. P. L. 56
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 298, 26.
  • Hié ne dorston forþ bí ðære eá siglan for unfriþe; for ðæm ðæt land wæs eall gebún on óþre healfe ðære eás

    they durst not sail on past the river for fear of being attacked; for the land was all cultivated on the other side of the river,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 17, 22.
referring to the king's peace, the state of being out of the king's peace
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  • Fare se ealdorman tó; gif hé nelle, fare se cyning tó; gif hé nelle, licge se ealdordóm on unfriðe (

    the old Latin version renders this: adeat aldremannus; si nolit, rex; si nolit, sit pars illa praeter pacem),

    • L. Eth. ii. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 286, 34.
Etymology
[Membriz hefde inomen grið, ah sone he makede unfrið,
  • Laym. 2557.
O. Frs. on-frede, un-fretho
:
O. H. Ger. un-fridu
:
Ger. un-friede
:
Icel. ú-friðr.
]
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  • un-friþ, n.