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un-weorþlíce

  • adverb
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un-weorþlíce, adv.
unworthily, in an unsuitable manner
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  • Him is micel ðearf ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen ðæt hié tó unweorþlíce ne dǽlen ðæt him befæsð bið

    necesse est, ut sollicite perpendant, ne commissa indigne distribuant,

    • Past. 44
      • ;
    • Swt. 321, 14.

  • Unwurðlíce,

    • Cd. Th. 28, 23
      • ;
    • Gen.440.
with indignity, with contempt, ignominiously
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  • Hé wearð self unweorðlíce ofslagen

    Domitianus interfectus est; cujus cadaver ignominiosissime sepultum est,

    • Ors. 6, 9
      • ;
    • Swt. 264, 15.

  • Hé heora ǽrendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah, ðæt hé heora self onseón nolde

    legatos ad se missos injuriosissime etiam a conspectu suo abstinuit,

    • 4, 8
      • ;
    • Swt.186, 7: 3, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 140, 3.

  • Hí heóldon ðæt gold unwurðlíce

    they held the gold in contempt,

    • Homl. Th. i. 326, 24.
with indignation
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  • Ðá se Hǽlend hí geseah unwurðlíce (-weorð-, MS. A.) hé hit forbeád

    quos cum uideret Iesus indigne tulit,

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 14,

  • Sume hit unwurðlíce (-weorð-, MS. A.) forbǽron

    erant quidem indigne ferentes,

    • 14, 4.
Etymology
[Unworthly þou wroght ... when þou was bowne with a brande my body to shende,
  • Alex. (Skt.) 869.
O. H. Ger. un-werdlícho indifferenter, indigne
:
Icel. ú-virðiliga scornfully.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-weorþlíce.” 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/33972.

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  • un-weorþlíce, adv.

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