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un-lǽd

  • adjective
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un-lǽd, -lǽde; adj.
poor, miserable, unhappy, unfortunate
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  • Unlǽde bið and ormód se ðe á wile geómrian,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 699
      • ;
    • Sal. 349.

  • Óðer bið unlǽde on eorðan, óðer bið eádig,

    • 731
      • ;
    • Sal. 365.

  • Him mæg eádig eorl eáðe geceósan mildne hláford; ne mæg dón unlǽde swá,

    • 784
      • ;
    • Sal. 391.

  • Lócaþ fram ðam unlǽdan hláford

    his lord turns his looks from the unhappy man,

    • 765
      • ;
    • Sal. 382.
in a moral sense, poor, miserable, wretched
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  • Mé þincð swíðe dysig man and swíðe unlǽde ðe nele hys andgyt ǽcan ða hwíle ðe hé on ðisse weontlde byð,

    • Shrn. 204, 24.

  • Unlǽde bið on eorðan, unnyt lífes se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 41
      • ;
    • Sal. 21.

  • Rǽd biþ nyttost, yfel unnyttost, ðæt unlǽð nimeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 341, 3
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 120.

  • Helle gǽst, earm and unlǽd,

    • 279, 19
      • ;
    • Jul. 616.

  • Se unlǽda (-e, MS.) Iudas, se ðe hine tó deáþe belǽwed hæfde,

    • Wanl. Catal. 134, col. 1.

  • Swá heó ðæs unlǽdan ( Holofernes ) eáþost mihte wel gewealdan,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 3
      • ;
    • Jud. 102.

  • Ða þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðæm unlǽdan folce Iudéa,

    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 16.

  • Ðæt wíte, ðæt ðon unlǽdon geteohhod biþ; him wǽre betere ðæt hé nǽfre geboren nǽre,

    • 25, 24.

  • Ða unlǽdan

    ( the chief priests who wished to kill Lazarus, Jn. 12, 10),

    • 77, 9.

  • Gesǽlige beóð ða ðe ðam fyliaþ, and unlǽde beóð ða ðe ðam wiðsacaþ,

    • Wulfst. 264, 21.

  • Gé sind unlǽde, earm[r]a geþóhta,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1487
      • ;
    • An. 745.

  • Unlǽdra ( the cannibals) eafoð,

    • 59
      • ;
    • An. 30:

    (evil spirits ),

    • 283
      • ;
    • An. 142.

  • Hé æt ðǽm unlǽdum Iudéum manig bysmor geþrowade,

    • Blickl. Homl. 23, 30: 85, 1.
Etymology
[Þo unlede (þese wikkede, MS. V.) fode,
  • Al. (T.) 333.
Hu he is unlede (miserable) þat foleweþ queue rede,
  • Misc. 122, 337: O. and N. 1644.
Goth. un-léds poor.
]
Similar entries
v. un-lǽdlíce.
Linked entries
v.  -lǽde lǽd.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-lǽd.” 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/33476.

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