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un-wynsum

  • adjective
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un-wynsum, adj.
Unpleasant
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  • Ðeós woruld hwíltídum is myrige on tó wunigenne, hwílon heó is swíðe styrnlíc, and mid mislícum þingum gemenged, swá ðæt heó bið swíðe unwynsum on tó eardigenne,

      Homl. Th. i. 184, 1.
  • Hit ðe unwynsum (

    injucundum

    ) bið,
      Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 13.
  • Ǽlc wyrd, sam hió sié wynsum, sam hió sié unwynsum

    omnis fortuna vel jucunda vel aspera,

      40, 1; Fox 236, 2.
  • Réþu wyrd and unwynsumu,

      40, 2; Fox 238, 2.
  • Hé hine gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíþe heardum and unwinsumum,

      Blickl. Homl. 221, 24.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. un-wunnisam incultus, invenustus.]
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