un-lust
absence of desire ⬩ disgust ⬩ disinclination ⬩ want of appetite ⬩ disinclination to action ⬩ listlessness ⬩ want of pleasure ⬩ joylessness ⬩ weariness ⬩ an evil pleasure ⬩ lust
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[Þi mahe wið unlust warpeð hit ( food ) eft ut, H. M. 35, 31. Icel. ú-lyst a bad appetite.] disinclination to action, listlessness Hé (the slothful servant) ðolaþ neádunge þeóstra ðurh wrace, se ðe ǽr lustlíce forbær his unlustes (or underIII?
un-geára
not long ago ⬩ lately ⬩ before long ⬩ soon
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Similar entries Cf. un-fyrn
un-ásmeágendlíc
Unsearchable ⬩ past finding out ⬩ inscrutable
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His lára and his drohtnunga sind ús unásmeágendlíce, Homl. Th. i. 392, 23
Linked entry: á-smeágendlic
un-gesceádwís
not acting according to reason ⬩ un- reasonable ⬩ irrational ⬩ unwise ⬩ foolish ⬩ not possessed of reason ⬩ irrational
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not acting according to reason, un- reasonable, irrational, unwise, foolish Hé hine wiste swíþe ungesceádwísne and swíþe ungemetfæstne, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 4.
Linked entry: ge-sceádwís
un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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Grammar un-willa, with pronouns Ðec ðín sáwl sceal mínum unwillan (-willum, Soul Kmbl. 125) oft gesécan, Exon. Th. 370, 22; Seel. 63. Ic áscige ðé, forhwí ðú ðæt ríce ðínum unwillan (-willum, ott. MS.) forléte? CBt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 14.
un-cyst
A vice ⬩ defect ⬩ fault ⬩ a disorder ⬩ a fault ⬩ solecism ⬩ a vice ⬩ fault ⬩ the vice of avarice ⬩ niggardliness ⬩ parsimony ⬩ want of liberality
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Voc. ii. 88, 27-33: 52, 49. of morals, a vice, fault Ðæt on ús ne sý geméted nǽnigu stów ǽmetig gástlícra mægena, ðæt ðǽr mæge yfelu uncyst on eardian, Blickl. Homl. 37, l0. Ðeós deáþberende uncyst ( envy ), 65, 13.
Linked entry: un-gecost
un-wæstm
an evil growth ⬩ a bad plant ⬩ a tare ⬩ weed ⬩ bad growth ⬩ failure of crops
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Ús unwidera for oft weóldon unwæstma, 129, 5: 159, 13
un-weder
Bad weather ⬩ tempest
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Ús unwedera for oft weóldan unwæstma, 159, 12. Eall ðæt geár wæs swíðe hefigtýme on unwæderum, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 9
Linked entries: un-geweder un-widere
un-gedafenlíc
Unbecoming ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unmannerly
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Saca mid ungedafenlícum quarrels with unmannerly fellows (v. un-gecoplíc), Lchdm. iii. 204, 20. Wé oft ymb ungedafenlíce wísan smeágeaþ, Past. 18; Swt. 139, 22. Gif preóst on circan ungedafenlíce þingc gelógige, gebéte ðæt, L. N. P.
Linked entry: un-gecoplíc
un-gemet
immensity ⬩ an immense number ⬩ immoderation ⬩ excess ⬩ to excess ⬩ without measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ immensely ⬩ very
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immensity, an immense number Ealles his heres wæs swelc ungemet ðæt mon eáðe cweþan mehte ðæt hit wundor wǽre hwǽr hié wæteres hæfden ðæt hié mehten him þurst of ádrincan ut exercitui immensaeque classi vix ad potum flumina suffecisse memoratum sit,
un-sýferness
Impurity ⬩ uncleanness
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Ða unséfernessa ðe ðǽr beóþ sió lifer áwyrpþ út and ðæt clǽne blód gesomnaþ, Lchdm. ii. 198, 5
Linked entry: sýferness
út-lah
Outlawed ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ calling for outlawry
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Gif heora menn sleán úre ǽhta, ðonne beód hý útlage ge wið hý ge wið ús, ii. 7; Th. i. 288, 10. calling for outlawry Gif se Englisca beclypaþ Frenciscne mid útlagan þingan si Anglicus appellet Francigenam de utlagaria, W. ii. 3: Th. i. 489, 22
un-gelíce
Not in like manner ⬩ differently ⬩ diversely
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Ealle hé grét mid ánre honda, ðeáh hé hié ungelíce styrige chordas tangendi artifex, ut non sibimetipsi dissimile canticum faciat, dissimiliter pulsat. Chordae uno quidem plectro, sed non uno impulse feriuntur, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 7-10.
un-weorþlíce
unworthily ⬩ in an unsuitable manner ⬩ with indignity ⬩ with contempt ⬩ ignominiously ⬩ with indignation
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unworthily, in an unsuitable manner 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.
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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Se ídela gylp ús beó ǽfre unwurð (-wyrð, MS. U.), Hornl. Skt. i. 16, 367. Philippus him dyde heora wíg unweorð Philip made light of their fighting power, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 3. Bisceopun gebyreþ, ðæt hí ǽghwylc gefleard heom unwyrð lǽtan, L. I.
un-gewemmed
unspotted ⬩ immaculate ⬩ uncorrupted ⬩ uninjured ⬩ undefiled ⬩ unstained ⬩ inviolate ⬩ immaculate
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Similar entries v. un-forswǽled. moral, undefiled, unstained, inviolate, immaculate Ungewæmmed ic beó immaculatus ero, Ps. Spl. 18, 14. Ungewæmmed inviolata, Hymn. Surt. 54, 25: incorruptibilis, Jn. Skt. p. 1, 6.
Linked entry: ge-wemman
un-sýfre
Impure ⬩ unclean ⬩ foul
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Ger. un-súbro sordide ) besmite, Exon. Th. 90, 34; Cri. 1484. Synfulra weorud, swá fúle swá gǽt, unsýfre folc, Exon. Th. 75, 35; Cri. 1232. Ǽr se unsýfra ( Holofernes ) womfull onwóce, Judth. Thw. 22, 24; Jud. 76.
Linked entry: sýfre
un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Hwæt eart ðú, ðú ðe swá unforht ús tó eart cumen? Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl. Skt. i. 18, 262: Cd. Th. 199, 7; Exod. 335: Exon. Th. 278, 21; Jul. 601: Rood Kmbl. 218; Kr 110. Se Hǽlend unforht áxode, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 13: Exon.
un-tweógendlíce
without feeling doubt ⬩ certainly ⬩ unhesitatingly ⬩ so as not to cause doubt ⬩ unequivocally ⬩ indubitably
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Ðætte hié ðý fæsðlícor and ðý untweógendlícor gelífden ðara écena ðinga ut ad aeternorum fidem certius roboretur, Past. 50; Swt. 389, 35. Þéh hý gelýfdan be his segene, ðe hit ǽr geseah, untweógendlícor (-átweógendlícor, MS.
Linked entries: tweógendlíce un-átweógendlíce
un-wærlíce
Unwarily ⬩ incautiously ⬩ without caution ⬩ heedlessly
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Unwarily, incautiously, without caution, heedlessly Ic lǽre ðæt hira nán ðara ne wilnie ðe hine unwærlíce begá; and se ðe hí unwærlíce gewilnige, ondrǽde hé ðæt hé hí ǽfre underfénge ut haec, qui vacat, incaute non expetat; et qui incaute expetiit, adeptum
Linked entry: wærlíce