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un-gewidre

  • noun [ neuter ]
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un-gewidre, un-gewidere, es; n.
Bad weather, storm, tempest
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  • Hit biþ wiþ ǽghwylc ungewidro gescylded, ðæt ðǽr nǽfre nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 31-3.
  • Gif ðé þince ðæt ðú óþerne máran lǽcedóm dón ne durre for ungewiderum,

    • Lchdm. ii. 254, 2.
  • Is ðeós woruld on stormum and on ádlum and on ungewyderum,

    • Wulfst. 273, 9.
  • Mycel orfes wæs ðæs geáres forfaren ǽgðer ge þurh mistlíce coða ge þurh ungewyderu,

    • 1041
    • ;
    • Erl. 169, 9: Lchdm. iii. 210, 26.
Etymology
[Bið his erd ihened eiðer ȝe on herȝunge ȝe on hungre ȝe on cwalme ȝe on uniwidere, O. E. Homl. i. 115, 36.
O. Sax. un-giwideri (wið ungiwidereon allun standan, Hél. 1813)
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O. H. Ger. un-giwitiri tempestas, procella, hiems, ventus.
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v. un-widere.
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