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un-swéte

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-swéte, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
Unsweet,
of taste, bitter, sour
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  • Hí mé geblendon bittre tósomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan,

    • Exon. Th. 88, 12
    • ;
    • Cri. 1439.
of smell, offensive, fetid
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  • Ðonne ne biþ se þost tó unswéte tó gestincanne,

    • Lchdm, ii. 48, 14.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. un-swóti
:
O. L. Ger. un-suóti molestus
:
O. H. Ger. un-suozi.
]
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  • un-swéte, adj.