un-oferswíðed
Unconquered
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Ðú unoferswýðda Alexander in gefeohtum invicte belli Alexander, Nar. 29, 9
un-oferwinnende
Not to be overcome
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Not to be overcome Ða unoferwinnene (-winnende(?), -wunnene(?). v. un-oferwunnen) ineluctuabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 54: 46, 78
Linked entry: ofer-winnende
un-gewilde
Not in subjection
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Not in subjection Heora gecynd wæs him ungewylde their nature was not in subjection to them, Hexam. 17; Norm. 26, 2. Gif ǽnig leódscipe wæs ungewylde ðam Cásere, ðonne send hé him tó swá fela eóroda ðe mihton gebígan ðæt mennisc him tó, Jud.
Linked entry: un-gewylde
un-gewildelíc
Not to be subdued ⬩ unyielding
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Not to be subdued, unyielding Hæbbe se mann heardheortnysse and ungewyldelíc mód ... ðonne forsearaþ swíðe hraðe ðæt hálige sǽd on his heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 92, 2
un-gewitfull
foolish ⬩ insensate ⬩ mad ⬩ insane ⬩ not in one's senses
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Welan and weorþscipes hí willniaþ, and ðonne hí hine habbaþ, ðonne wénap hí swá ungewitfulle ðæt hí habban ða sóþan gesǽlþa, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 30. mad, insane, not in one's senses Ða wódðrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gehǽlð furor insanorum
Linked entry: ge-witfull
un-gníðe
Not scanty ⬩ liberal ⬩ abundant
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Not scanty, liberal, abundant Monigfealde sind geond middangeard gód ungnýðe (-gnyde, MS.) ðe ús dǽleþ tó feorhnere Fæder ælmihtig manifold and abundant are the goods which for our life's support the Father almighty gives on earth, Exon.
un-grápigende
Not handling ⬩ that does not handle
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Not handling, that does not handle Hí habbaþ ungrápigende handa manus habent, et non palpabunt (Ps. 115, 7), Homl. Th. i. 366, 27
un-hálgod
Unhallowed ⬩ unconsecrated
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N. P. L. 13; Th. ii. 292, 16
Linked entry: un-gehálgod
un-hálig
Unholy
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Unholy Of unháligre þeóde de gente non sancta, Ps. Lamb. 42, 1
un-heáh
Not high ⬩ low
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Not high, low Unhéh (printed unhela, but see Anglia viii. 450) þrepel eculeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 18. Unhére sceós talares, i. 26, 23.
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un-heánlíce
Not in an abject manner ⬩ gallantly
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Not in an abject manner, gallantly Hé unheánlíce hine werede he defended himself gallantly, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 33
Linked entry: heán-líce
un-herigendlíc
Not praiseworthy
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Not praiseworthy Se bið unherigendlíc ðe unnyt leofaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17
un-hírlíc
fierce ⬩ savage ⬩ dismal ⬩ doleful
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flantis exorta est, ut omnia tabernacula nostra euerterit, Nar. 22, 28.
Linked entries: un-heórlíc hír-lic
un-hneáw
Not niggardly ⬩ liberal ⬩ bounteous ⬩ giving liberally ⬩ given liberally ⬩ abundant
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Not niggardly, liberal, bounteous, giving liberally Sumne hí gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 36; Víd. 139. Ælfwine hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles, 323, 3; Víd. 73. given liberally, abundant Geofum unhneáwum, 43, 10; Cri. 686.
un-hrædsprǽce
Not ready of speech
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Not ready of speech Ic eom unhrædsprǽce incircumcisus sum labiis, Ex. 6, 30
Linked entry: hræd-sprǽce
un-hrór
Not stirring
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Not stirring Unhrórum neátum immobilibus animantibus, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 254, 14
un-læt
Not slow ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ active
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Not slow, quick, ready, active Unlæt non pigra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 61. Wíga, unlæt láces ( death ), Exon. Th. 164, 5; Gú. 1007. Hræd and unlæt, 436, 9; Rä. 54, 11
Linked entry: læt
un-láf
A child not left by a father at his death ⬩ a child born after the father's death ⬩ a posthumous child
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A child not left by a father at his death, a child born after the father's death, a posthumous child Unláb posthumus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 67. Unláf, 69, 2: 93, 70
un-land
What is not land
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What is not land On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ( sea, marsh, etc. ), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14
un-leánod
Not repaid
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Not repaid Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menu ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, ðæt míne mágas ðæt geleánian, Chart. Th. 491, 5