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un-cweþende

(adj.)
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un-cweþende, adj.

not having speechnot having a voiceinanimate

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not having speech Ðeáh ðe gesomnod sý eal ðætte heofon oððe hel oððe eorðe ǽfre ácende, and ánra gehwylc ge ðæra cweðendra ge ðæra uncweðendra hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe, Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 9. not having a voice, inanimate Hweþer ðú ongite ðæt ða

un-cwisse

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cwisse, adj.

Speechless

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Speechless Ðære tungan onstyrenesse beswicade ( linguae motu caruit ). Ðá wǽron ðrý dagas and ðreó niht fulle ðæt heó wæs uncwisse, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 18

Linked entry: -cwisse

un-cyme

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cyme, adj.

Meanpaltrypoor

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Mean, paltry, poor On uncymre byrigenne geseted ignobili traditus sepulturae, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 7. Wæs his æþeleste ræst on nacodre eorðan. Ðá bǽdon hine his discipulos ðæt hié móstan húru sume uncyme streównesse him under gedón for his untrumnesse,

un-cynde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynde, adj.

Unnatural

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Unnatural Nim swá wuda swá wyrt of ðære stówe ðe his eard and æþelo biþ on tó weaxanne and sette on uncynde stówe him, ðonne ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr náuht, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27

un-cynlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cynlíc, adj.

Unsuitableimproper

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Unsuitable, improper Ðæt wǽre uncynlícre, gif God næfde on eallum his ríce náne frige gesceaft, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 28 note

un-cýðig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cýðig, adj.

Ignorantunacquainted

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Ignorant, unacquainted Wittende sciens ... uncýðig ł unwittende ignorans, Lk. Skt. p. 7, 18. Ðá wundrade heó ymb ðæs weres snyttro, hú hé swá geleáfful on swá lytlum fæce ond swá uncýðig ǽfre wurde gleáwnysse þurhgoten she wondered at the man's wisdom

un-dǽled

(adj.)
Grammar
un-dǽled, adj.

Undividednot separated

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Undivided, not separated Hit þencþ ætgædere beón gehál undǽled, forþam gif hit tódǽled biþ, ðonne tie biþ hit nó hál, Bt. 34, 12; Fox 152, 27. Ða hwíle ðe seó sáwl and se líchoma undǽlde beóþ, 34, 9; Fox 148, 5

un-deáw

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deáw, adj.

Without dew

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Without dew Gewyrc ða wyrt on morgenne ðonne hió gedeáw sié, sume beóð undeáwe, Lchdm. ii. 92, 15

un-deópþancol

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deópþancol, adj.

Not given to think deeplyshallow

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Not given to think deeply, shallow Nú smeáð sum undeópðancol man hú God mæge beón ǽghwǽr ætgædere, and náhwár tódǽled, Homl. Th. i. 286, 29

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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where there is motion of a person in the direction towards which the back is kept turned, backwards, approaching an object Sem and Iafeth eodon underbec Shem and Japhet went backward; incedentes retrorsum, Gen. 9, 23. motion from Ðá eodon hig underbæc

Linked entry: BÆC

un-gedéfelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedéfelíce, adv.

Unfitlyin a way that ill suits the conditions of a case

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Unfitly, in a way that ill suits the conditions of a case Wæs ðam yldestan ungedéfelíce mǽges dǽdum morþorbed stréd ... Hǽðcyn his mǽg ofscét, bróðor óðerne for the eldest unfitly, by a kinsman's deeds, was the death-couch spread ... Hæthcyn with his

Linked entry: ge-défelíce

un-gedrehtlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gedrehtlíce, adv.

Unweariedlyindefatigablyinfatigabiliter

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Unweariedly, indefatigably; infatigabiliter, Wrt Voc. ii. 48, 51

Linked entry: ge-drehtlíce

un-geeahtendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geeahtendlíc, adj.

Inestimable

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Inestimable Mid ða sylfan mycelnysse ðes ungeæhtendlícan (ungeendedlícan and [un]geeahtendlícan, MS. B.) gerýnes ipsa inaestimabilis mysterii magnitudine, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 11

un-geendod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendod, adj.

endlesswithout endnot coming to an endinfinitevery great in number, extent

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endless, without end, not coming to an end God is ǽfre unbegunnen and ungeendod, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Zup. 201, 10: Homl. Th. i. 8, 27: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 16. Ðǽr is ðæt éce blis and, ðæt ungeendode ríce, Blickl. Homl. 25, 30, 24. Gif ðú getælest ða hwíle ðisses

Linked entry: ge-endian

un-geendodlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geendodlíc, adj.

Infinite

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Infinite Nis nó tó metanne ðæt geendodlíce wiþ ðæt ungeendodlíce infiniti atque finiti nulla poterit esse collatio, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 13

un-gefaren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefaren, adj.

Untravelledwithout a road

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Untravelled, without a road On ungefarenum and on wæterigum in invio et in aquoso, Blickl. Gl. (Ps. 62, 3: 106, 40)

Linked entries: ge-faran un-geféred

un-gefeálíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefeálíce, adv.

Joylesslymiserably

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Joylessly, miserably Beornrǽd féng tó ríce and lytle hwíle heóld and ungefeálíce, Chr. 755; Erl. 52, 3

Linked entry: ge-feálíce

un-gefége

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefége, adj.

Unsuitableabsurdineptus

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Unsuitable, absurd; ineptus, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 38

Linked entry: ge-fége

un-gefére

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gefére, adv.

Impassably

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Impassably Ungefére [im]pervie, Wrt. Voc. 1 68, 61: 69, 17

un-geférlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geférlíc, adj.

That cannot be united or that separates

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That cannot be united or that separates; applied to war in which those, who naturally should be comrades, are opposed, civil, social Wearþ ofer ealle Italia ungeférlíc unsibb sociale bellum tota commovit Italia, Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 232, 31: 5, 10 tit.;