un-þearfes
Needlessly ⬩ without cause
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Needlessly, without cause Heora fét beóð swíðe hraðe blód tó ágeótanne unþearfes for yflum willan, Ps. Th. 13, 6
Linked entry: -þearfes
un-þoligendlíc
Intolerable
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Intolerable Náht unþoligendlícre nihil intolerabilius, Scint. 208, 14
Linked entry: þoligendlíc
un-þorffæst
Useless ⬩ needless
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Useless, needless Unðor[f]fæst bidda ineptum rogare, Rtl. 179, 34
Linked entry: þorf-fæst
un-þríste
Timid ⬩ diffident ⬩ faint-hearted
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Timid, diffident, faint-hearted Ða unmódgan and ða unðrístan ( pusillanimes ) ... Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott. MSS
un-þurhtogen
Not carried through ⬩ not performed
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Not carried through, not performed Hwæt wéne gé hwæt sió ðurhtogene unrihtwísnes geearnige, nú sió unðurtogene árfæsðnes swá micel wíte geearnaþ quid mereatur injustitia illata, si tanta percussione digna est pietas non impensa, Past. 44; Swt. 329, 14
Linked entry: þurh-teón
un-þwǽrian
Similar entry: ge-unþwǽrian
un-þwǽrness
Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement
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Discord, dissension, disagreement Ðǽr wæs micel unþuǽrnes (-ðwǽrnesse, MS. E.) ðære þeóde betweox him selfum, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 8. Unðwérnesse discordias, Kent. Gl. 155
Linked entry: un-geþwǽrness
un-þyhtig
Weak
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Weak Unðyhtge (-þyotgi, -dyctgi) égan vitiato oculo, Txts. 107, 2133
un-þyldig
Inspatient
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Inspatient Hí bióþ swá unþyldige ðæt hí ne magon nán earfoþa geþyldelice áberan, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 2
un-tídlíce
Unseasonably ⬩ at a wrong time
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Unseasonably, at a wrong time Eall ðæt mon untídlíce onginþ, næfþ hit nó æltæwne ende, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 27
Linked entry: tídlíce
un-tídre
Not weak ⬩ firm ⬩ strong
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Not weak, firm, strong Him wæs hyge untyddre, Andr. Kmbl. 2506; An. 1254
Linked entry: tídre
un-tígan
To untie ⬩ unbind ⬩ loose
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To untie, unbind, loose Ic unbinde oððe untíge soluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Zup. 177, 7. Ne untígð ( soluit ) eówer ǽlc on restedæge his oxan oððe assan fram ðære binne? Lk. Skt. 13, 15. Gyt gemétaþ assan folan getíged ... untígaþ hyne. Gif inc hwá áhsaþ hwí
un-tilod
Without provision made
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Without provision made Se ðe his ǽr tíde ne tiolaþ ðonne biþ his on tíd untilad who makes no provision for himself beforehand, for him will there be no provision made when the time comes, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 3
Linked entry: tilian
un-tímende
Not productive ⬩ barren
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Not productive, barren Sarai wæs untýmende ( sterilis ); næfde heó nán bearn, Gen. 11, 30: Jud. 13, 2: Boutr. Scrd. 22, 22. Hit is swíðe ungedafenlíc ðæt forwerode menn and untýmende gifta wilnian, ðonne gifta ne sind gesette for nánum ðinge búton for
un-tóbrocen
Not broken in pieces
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Not broken in pieces Gif gé ðone bend healdaþ sóðre bróðerrǽdene untóbrocenne, Homl. Th. ii. 318, 5. Hé sum þing hæfde untóbrocen, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 258
un-tóclofen
Uncloven
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Uncloven Ða ðe synd gehófode on horses gelícnysse untóclofenun clawum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 45
Linked entry: tó-cleófan
un-tódǽledlíc
Indivisible ⬩ inseparable
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Indivisible, inseparable Ánfeald and untódǽledlíc simplex indivisumque natura, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 10: 34, 7; Fox 144, 19. Hí ðrý án God untódǽledlíc, Homl. Th. i. 150, 15: 248, 9: 500, 29. Ðære Hálgan Ðrynnysse weorc is ǽfre untódǽledlíc, 498, 35. Littera
un-scearpness
Want of sharpness ⬩ dullness
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Want of sharpness, dullness For his ungleáwnesse and for his unscearpnesse propter ingenii tarditatem, Bd. 5, 6; S. 620, 7
Linked entry: scearpness
un-scearpsíne
Not sharpsighted
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Not sharpsighted Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno ... Þus mon sceal unscearpsýnum sealfe wyrcean tó eágum, Lchdm. ii. 30, 27-32, 1
Linked entry: scearp-síne