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un-rǽd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.
evil counsel, ill-advised course, bad plan, folly
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  • Scipia sǽde, ðæt hit (the building of a theatre) wǽre se mǽsta unrǽd and se mǽsta gedwola

    dicens, inimicissimum hoc fore bellatori populo ad nutriendam desidiam, lasciviaeque commentum,

    • Ors. 4, 12
      • ;
    • Swt. 210, 1.

  • Eádríc gewende ðone cyning ongeán. Næs nán mára unrǽd gerǽd ðonne se wæs

    Eadricus per dolum fecit exercitum Anglorum redire. Non fuit pejus concilium factum in Anglia de tali re,

    • Chr. l016
      • ;
    • Erl. 157, 22.

  • Ðæs unrǽdes ( the building of the tower of Babel ) stíðferhð cyning steóre gefremede,

    • Cd. Th. 101, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 1682.

  • Gif ðú unrǽdes ne geswícest,

    • Exon. Th. 249, 31
      • ;
    • Jul. 120: 393, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 12, 10: 410, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 28, 12.

  • Hí geeácnodon heora yfel and God mid weorcum gegremedon ... swá ðæt hig Eglone þeówodon for heora unrǽde,

    • Jud. 3, 14: Thw. p. 162, 29.

  • Hý férdon on unriht and unrǽde fyligdon

    ambulaverunt post vanitatem (Jeremiah 2, 5),

    • Wulfst. 49, 9.

  • Absalon férde forð mid his unrǽde, and wolde his ágenum fæder feores benǽman,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 19, 215.

  • Ðæra hálgena líc woldon hí besencan on flóde, ac se ælmihtiga Scyppend wiðslóh ðam unrǽde. Sum wíf wæs ðe wiste heora unrǽd,

    • ii. 29, 324.

  • Tó his ( Lucifer's ) unrǽde gefæstnod,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 2. 44: 4, 10: Cd. Th. 43, 33
      • ;
    • Gen. 700.

  • Hé intó Englelande mid máran unrǽde férde ðone him behófode,

    • Chr. 1093
      • ;
    • Erl. 229, 3.

  • Wæs gesǽd ðæt hé wǽre on ðam unrǽde, ðæt man sceolde on Eást-Sexon Swegen underfón,

    • Chart. Th. 539, 27.

  • Agathocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene... On ðære hwíle ðe hé ðone unrǽd þurhteáh,

    • Ors. 4, 5
      • ;
    • Swt. 170, 53.

  • Ne wend ðú ðé on ðæs folces unrǽd and unriht gewil

    non sequeris turbam ad faciendum malum (Ex. 23, 2),

    • L. Alf. 41
      • ;
    • Th. i. 54, 6.

  • Ðæs engles mód ðe ðone unrǽd ( rebellion against God ) ongan ǽrest fremman,

    • Cd. Th. 3, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 30.

  • Hyra freá ǽrest unrǽd ( the setting up of the image ) efnde,

    • 227, 13
      • ;
    • Dan. 186.

  • Hí þégun æppel unrǽdum (

    ill-advisedly

    ),
    • Exon. Th. 226, 9
      • ;
    • Ph. 403.

  • Ealle ðás ungesǽlþa ús gelumpon þuruh unrǽdas,

    • Chr. 1011
      • ;
    • Erl. 145, 22.
disadvantage, prejudice, hurt
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  • Ic andette ... ǽlcne glængc ðe tó mínes líchaman unrǽde ǽfre belimpe,

    • L. de Cf. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 262, 28: Anglia xi. 98, 28.

  • Hé helle ontýneþ ðám ðe líces wynne fremedon on unrǽd,

    • Exon. Th. 364, 14
      • ;
    • Wal 70.

  • Hí drugon heora sylfra écne unrǽd,

    • Cd. Th. 116, 16
      • ;
    • Gen. 1937.
Etymology
[
Laym. un-ræd ill-counsel.
Þat child his unred to rede wend, O. and N. 1464. Iacobes sunes deden unred,
  • Gen. and Ex. 1906.
O. H. Ger. un-rát
:
Icel. ú-ráð; n. bad counsel, an ill-advised step.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-rǽd.” 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/33609.

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