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un-weder

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
un-weder, es; n.
Bad weather, tempest
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  • Nú cweðaþ sume men ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went nǽfre náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde is,

    • Lchdm. iii. 268, 4.

  • Ðǽr ne cymð storm ne nán unweder ðæt ðam corne derie,

    • Homl. Th. i. 526, 30.

  • Heálíc ungelimp, unwæstm oððon unweder,

    • Wulfst. 170, 1.

  • Hí synd geneádode mid stormum ðæs unwederes (-wedres, MS. F.)

    tempestatibus acti,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 44
      • ;
    • Zup. 260, 12.

  • Hé geðreáde ðæt wind and hroeðnise ł unwoeder ðæs wætres

    increpavit ventum et tempestatem aquae,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24: p. 5, 18.

  • Eów unwæstm þurh unweder gelóme gelimpeþ,

    • Wulfst. 133, 7.

  • Ús unwedera for oft weóldan unwæstma,

    • 159, 12.

  • Eall ðæt geár wæs swíðe hefigtýme on unwæderum,

    • Chr. 1041
      • ;
    • Erl. 169, 9.
Etymology
[Unweder (the plague of hail),
  • Gen. and Ex. 3058.
Icel. ú-veðr bad weather, storm.
]
Similar entries
v. un-geweder, un-widere.
Linked entries
v.  un-geweder un-widere.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-weder.” 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/33953.

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