un-scyttan
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to un shoot, push back a bolt Hé gelæhte þá dura, and ne mihte þá scyttelsas unscyttan swá hraðe, Hml. S. 31, 863
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un-hearmgeorn
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Culfre is swíðe bylewit . . . and swíðe unhearmgeorn and unhetol óðrum. Healdan wé þás þeáwas ꝥ wé un-hearmgeorne beón and búton byternysse, Nap. 65. Add
un-sceandlíce
Shamelessly
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Shamelessly Ic mé unsceandlíce [ the un- has been erased (properly. v. sceandlíce) in one MS. ], swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tómiddes heora gemengde, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 372
un-gewuna
Unaccustomed ⬩ unused
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Unaccustomed, unused Micel gedál is on ðam mægene ðæs ðe sié gewin (-wun?) þrowungum and ðæs ðe sié ungewuna swelcum þingum, Lchdm. ii. 84, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. un-giwon inusitatus, insolens, novus.]
un-gehírsumness
Want of submission ⬩ disobedience
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Want of submission, disobedience Módignys ácenð forsewennysse and ungehýrsumnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 222, 7. [Þane stede þe se deofel of hafel þurh unihersamnesse, O. E. Homl. i. 221, 30. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-gihórsamí inobedientia.]
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un-gedæftlíce
Unseasonably ⬩ unsuitably
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Unseasonably, unsuitably 'Ðæt ðú lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce (-dæfte-, Cott. MSS.).'Ðeáh hé cuǽde un[ge]dæftelíce, hé cuæð ðeáh ǽr gedæftelíce ' insta opportune, importune.' Dicturus importune praemisit opportune, Past. 15; Swt. 97, 16
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un-hár
Very grey
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Very grey (un- seems to have here the unusual force of an intensive) Hróðgár, eald and unhár (cf. the epithets elsewhere applied to him, gamolfeax, 1220; B. 608: blondenfeax, 3586; B. 1791), Beo. Th. 719; B. 357
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un-gelífness
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Add: un-gelífenness (?)
un-áblinnendlíce
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Add: cf. un-tðlǽtendlíce
un-gefóg
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Add: cf. un-gefége
un-gewær
Incautious ⬩ inconsiderate
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Incautious, inconsiderate (v. un-geþwǽre, III)
un-gesǽliglíce
unhappily ⬩ miserably ⬩ wickedly
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unhappily, miserably Hé ( Judas ) hine sylfne áhéng and swá ungesǽliglíce tó écan deáðe wæs geniðerad, Homl. Ass. 158, 564. Hé him seluan éce hellewíte ungesǽliglíce getilaþ, Chart. Th, 117, 23. wickedly. Similar entries v. un-gesǽllíce Swá ungesǽliglíce
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un-tamlic
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Substitute: <b>un-tamcol,</b> and add: (?)
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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A countless number, an incalculable number or amount, Grammar un-rím, without a following genitive Ðonne án tweó of ádón biþ, ðonne biþ unrím ástyred ut una dubitatione succisa innumerabiles aliae succrescant, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 19. Grammar un-rím,
un-gemet
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add: an immense quantity Geweaxeð oninnan un-gemet wǽtan, Lch. ii. 106, 21. <b>II a.</b> add: Where un-gemet seems to have the force of an adverb it might be taken as the accusative case used adverbially, v. Sievers' Grammar, 319
un-hwílen
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Þǽr cyning engla clǽnum gildeð leán un-hwílen,Hpt. 33, 73, 26. Add
un-þancwirþlíce
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Ungratefully For hwan onfénge ðú un-þancwyrþlíce þá gife þínre álýsnysse?, Nap. 66
un-wittig
Without wit or understanding,
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Grammar un-wittig, adj; Without wit or understanding, not in a bad sense Ge weras, ge wíf and ða unwittigan cild, Homl. Ass. 29, 122. in a bad sense Wel déd se ðe unwittigum stýrð mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten:'Ne bið se stunta
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un-formolsniendlíc
Undecaying ⬩ incorruptible
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Undecaying, incorruptible Unforwurdenlícne ł [unfor]molsniendlícne (or [un]molsniendlícne?) incorruptam, immarcescibilem, Hpt. Gl. 407, 37
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un-býing
a solitude
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a solitude Unbyergo (-býengo? or -byrego, from -burh? Cf. un-lond) solitudines, Rtl. 1, 17. (?)