un-gedéfe
Troublesome ⬩ disagreeable
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Ungeþeáwfæstan and ða ungedéfan þreán indisciplinatos et inquietos arguere, R. Ben. Interl. 15, 1
un-ácumendlícness
Unbearableness ⬩ impossibility to be borne
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Unbearableness, impossibility to be borne Unácumenlícnesse impossibilitatis, R. Ben. Interl. 114, 9
un-æþelboren
Not nobly born ⬩ not of noble birth
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Not nobly born, not of noble birth Gif se æþelborena ðone unæþelborenan oferþýhð, sý hé gemedemad furður be his geearnungum ðonne se unæþelborena, R. Ben. 12, 15-17.
Linked entry: æþel-boren
un-álífedness
What is not allowed ⬩ licence ⬩ licentiousness
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Hí ðís líf forseóð and ealles ðysses lífes unálýfednessa, R. Ben. 136, 31
Linked entry: á-lífedness
un-friþ
absence of peace ⬩ hostilities ⬩ the state of being out of the king's peace
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17, 22. referring to the king's peace, the state of being out of the king's peace Fare se ealdorman tó; gif hé nelle, fare se cyning tó; gif hé nelle, licge se ealdordóm on unfriðe ( the old Latin version renders this: adeat aldremannus; si nolit, rex
un-fulfremed
Imperfect
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Ðæt hí didon unfulfremed ( inperfectum ) forlǽtende, R. Ben. lnterl. 24, 1. Ða ðing ðe hé unfullfremed gemétte ea quae minus perfecta reperit, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 2
un-fulworht
Unfinished ⬩ uncompleted ⬩ imperfect
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Unfinished, uncompleted, imperfect Ða ðe ... swá hwylce bysiga swá hý on handa hæfdan unfulworhte lǽtaþ ex occupatis manibus quod agebant inperfectum relinquentes, R. Ben. 20, 3
Linked entry: full-wyrcan
un-geboden
Unsummoned ⬩ unbidden
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R. = ungebodene?), L. Eth. iv. 4; Th. i. 301, 21. Cf. Tribus principalibus mallis, qui vulgo ungeboden ding vocantur ... tria plebiscita, quae dicuntur ungeboten ... tria judicia per annum, quae dicuntur judicia non indicta, Grmm. R. A. 823
Linked entry: ge-beódan
un-wemme
spotless ⬩ without blemish ⬩ without defect ⬩ uninjured ⬩ uninjured ⬩ inviolate ⬩ undefiled ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate ⬩ perfect ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate
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Hé gelǽdde ðæt folc ealle unwemme ofer ða Reádan sǽ he led the people all of them uninjured over the Red Sea, Btwk. 196, 2. of abstract objects, uninjured, inviolate Cyninges handgrið stande unwemine, L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 21 (cp. L.
un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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of no value Mid deórwyrþum reáfum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde, ac mid unweorþum, R. Ben. 137, 9.
un-ríce
Not rich or not powerful ⬩ poor ⬩ humble
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Not rich or not powerful, poor, humble Ða ðe unríce synd and hafenleáse þearfan pauperiores, R. Ben. 104, 7. Mín geréfa oþþe ǽnig óðer man ríccre oþþe unríccre, L. Edg. S. 13; Th. i. 276, 26.
un-rihtlíc
Unrighteous ⬩ unjust ⬩ wicked ⬩ wrongful
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Þing unrihtlíc rem injustam, Ps. Spl. 100, 3. Hé ne mæg ðurhteón ðæt unryhtlíce weorc nequaquam usque ad opus nefarium rapitur, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 6. Mé egleþ swýðe ða unrihtlícan gefeoht ðe betwux ús sylfum syndan, L. Edm. S. prm.; Th. i. 246, 24.
un-sceádlíce
Unreasonably
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Unreasonably Gif hwylc bróðor unsceádelíce hwæs bidde si quis frater aliqua inrationabiliter postulat, R. Ben. 54, 13
un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Sýn hý swá gecorene, ðæt hý untǽle sýn and sacerdhádes þurh ealle góde cysta wyrþe, R. Ben. 140, 6. Heó hæfð twá ðing untǽle for Gode, sinscipe and eádmódnysse, Homl. Ass. 40, 399
un-tealt
Steady
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Steady Ðá hét Ælfréd cyning timbrian lange scipu ongeán ðás æsceas; ... ða wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran, ge unteal[t]]ran, ge eác heárran, ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 1, col. 2
Linked entry: tealt
un-þæslíc
Unsuitable ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unbecoming ⬩ unfit
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Onunþæslícum tíman horis incompetentibus, R. Ben. 74, 23. Tó ðan unþæslícum ad ineptas, Hpt. Gl. 510, 35. Unþæslíce míslára inportunas suggestiones, Scint. 33, 19
un-scrýdan
To undress ⬩ strip ⬩ divest
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Hine man sóna unscrýde and ða reáf nime ðe hé ǽr notode mox exuatur rebus propriis quibus vestitus est, R. Ben. 101, 22. Hé hét hine unscrýdan, Hontl. Th. i. 432, 3: 424, 12. Gif hwá his líc forstǽle, nolde hé hine unscrýdan, 220, 8.
un-slæclíce
Not slackly ⬩ not languidly ⬩ strenuously
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Not slackly, not languidly, strenuously Gif ðæt gebodene bið gefremed unsleaclíce ( non tarde ), R. Ben. 20, 18
Linked entry: slæclíce
un-staþolfæst
unsettled ⬩ not remaining in one place ⬩ not stationary ⬩ unsettled ⬩ desirous of change ⬩ not steadfast ⬩ unstable ⬩ not enduring ⬩ easily moved ⬩ unsettled in mind ⬩ wavering
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unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, ǽfre unstaþolfæste ( numquam stabiles ) and woriende, R.
Linked entry: under-staþolfæst
un-gesǽlþ
unhappiness ⬩ illfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ unhappiness which consists in absence of moral good
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Nán man ne dear for árwyrðnesse ðæs ánsetlan leahtras tǽlan; him synt eác ða ungesélþa leófran, ðæt hé hý nyte, ðænne hé hí lácnige, R. Ben. 135, 18
Linked entry: un-sǽlþ