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un-gesǽlþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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un-gesǽlþ, e; f.
unhappiness, illfortune, calamity
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  • Ealle ðás ungesǽlða ús gelumpon þurh unrǽdes,

    • Chr. 1011
      • ;
    • Erl. 145, 1.

  • Biþ simle ða eówre gesǽlþa on sumum þingum ungesǽlþa (unsǽlþa, Cott. MS.),

    • Bt. 29, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 102, 20.

  • Sume secgaþ ðæt sió wyrd wealde ǽgðer ge gesǽlþa ge ungesǽlþa ǽlces monnes,

    • 39, 8
      • ;
    • Fox 224, 13.

  • Ne meaht ðú nó mid sóþe getǽlan ðíne wyrd for ðám leásum ungesǽlþum (unsǽlþum, Cott. MS.) ðe ðú þrowast,

    • 10
      • ;
    • Fox 28, 2.

  • Eall his líf tó ungesǽlðum and tó ermðum wearð,

    • Homl. Ass. 161, 226.

  • Áfyr fram ðé ða unnettan ungesǽlþa and ðone yflan ege ðisse worulde,

    • Bt. 6
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 33.
unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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  • Ða yfelan habbaþ ðrió ungesǽlþa (unsǽlþa, Cott. MS.); án is ðæt hí yfel willaþ, óþer ðæt ðæt hí magon, þridde ðæt hí hit þurhtióþ

    triplici infortunio necesse est urgeantur, quos videas scelus velle, posse, perficere,

    • Bt. 38, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 33.

  • Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse ðæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan; him synt eác ða ungesélþa leófran, ðæt hé hý nyte, ðænne hé hí lácnige,

    • R. Ben. 135, 18.
Etymology
[Þurh him (Adam) deð com in þis middenerd and oðer uniselðe,
  • O. E. Homl. i. 171, 197.
For heora uniselðe (wickedness),
  • Laym. 2545
.]
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v. un-sǽlþ.
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v.  un-sǽlþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gesǽlþ.” 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/33244.

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