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un-gestæððigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-gestæððigness, e; f.

Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness

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Unsteadiness, levity, want of firmness Se hæfð singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 11; Swt. 70, 3. Gif hé eallunge forberan ne mæg for hira ágnum unðeáwum and

un-getemprung

(n.)
Grammar
un-getemprung, e; f.

Rough weather ⬩ intemperies

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Rough weather; intemperies, Anglia xiii. 397, 461

Linked entries: temprung ge-temprung

un-geþwǽrness

(n.)
Grammar
un-geþwǽrness, e; f.

discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet

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discord, dissension, disagreement, division, quarrel Ungeðwǽrnes discordia, Wülck. Gl. 255, 17. Seó ungeðwǽrnes wundode ða geðwǽrnesse discordia vuluerat concordiam, Gl. Prud. 77: 78. Ðonne weaxaþ ða ofermétta and ungeþwǽrnes (cf. þonan mǽst cymeþ ..

Linked entry: ge-þwǽrnes

un-lyft

(n.)
Grammar
un-lyft, e; f.

Bad air ⬩ malaria

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Bad air, malaria Rómáne and eall súðfolc worhton him eorþhús wið ðære unlyfte, Lchdm. ii. 16, 2

un-mægness

(n.)
Grammar
un-mægness, e; f.

Inability ⬩ weariness

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Inability, weariness Ǽþrot, unmægnes, ǽmelnes fastidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 46

Linked entry: mæg-ness

un-miltsung

(n.)
Grammar
un-miltsung, e; f.

Want of consideration ⬩ impiety towards God ⬩ pitilessness towards men

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Want of consideration, impiety towards God, pitilessness towards men Gif hié gemunan willaþ hiora ieldrena unmiltsunge ðe hié tó Gode hæfdon, ge eác him selfum betweónum if they will remember their forefathers' impiety to God, and pitilessness among

un-módigness

(n.)
Grammar
un-módigness, e; f.

Pride ⬩ arrogance

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Pride, arrogance (un- giving a bad sense) Ic ondette ofermétto and unmódennesse (nesse is written above móden), Anglia xi. 98, 33

un-þearf

(n.)
Grammar
un-þearf, e; f.

Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment

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Disadvantage, hurt, harm, detriment Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ ðe tó ðínre unþearefe si perfidam perhorrescis, sperne atque abjice perniciosa ludentem, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 10. Ðæt wyrð ðære þeóde

un-þolemódness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þolemódness, e; f.

Impatience

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Impatience Þurh unðolemódnesse per inpatientiam, Confess. Peccat

Linked entry: þolemódness

un-þyldlícness

(n.)
Grammar
un-þyldlícness, e; f.

Difficulty

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Difficulty Ðá wæs mycel unþyldlícnes geworden be his byrignesse facto diffcultate tumulandi, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 8 note

un-tímness

(n.)
Grammar
un-tímness, e; f.

Misfortune ⬩ unhappiness

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Misfortune, unhappiness Ic sende on eówrum húsum cwealm and hungor and untímnesse and fýr, ðæt forbærnð ealle eówre welan, Wulfst. 207, 18

Linked entry: tímness

un-tódǽledness

(n.)
Grammar
un-tódǽledness, e; f.

Undividedness

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Undividedness Indivisio, ðæt is untódǽlednyss, Anglia viii. 318, 17

Linked entry: tó-dǽledness

un-trumness

(n.)
Grammar
un-trumness, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity

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Weakness, sickness, illness, infirmity Freneticus se ðe þurh sleápleáste áwét, frenesis seó untrumnys, Wrt. Voc. i. 75, 61. Untrumnys egritudo, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 18: infirmitas, 3, 12; S. 537, 12. Ðá gestód his wíf untrumnes on hire eágan ingruente

untrymness

(n.)
Grammar
untrymness, e; f.

Weakness ⬩ sickness ⬩ illness ⬩ infirmity

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Weakness, sickness, illness, infirmity Hwaet is sáwla hǽlo, búte rihtwísnes? oððe hwæt is hiora untrymnes búte unþeáwas? quid vero aliud animorum salus videtur esse, quam probitas? quid aegritudo, quam vitia? Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 18. Ðé untrymnes ádle

un-wærness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wærness, e; f.

Heedlessness ⬩ want of caution ⬩ imprudence

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Heedlessness, want of caution, imprudence Þurh ðás unwærnysse hé gebringð hine on helle, Wulfst. 299, 7

Linked entry: wærness

un-wæstmberendness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmberendness, e; f.

Barrenness ⬩ sterility

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Barrenness, sterility Mé míne fýnd áscufon fram ðære hálgan onsegdnysse for mínre unwæstmberendnysse, Homl. Ass. 126, 329

Linked entry: wæstmberendness

un-wæstmfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wæstmfæstness, e; f.

Barrenness ⬩ sterility

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Barrenness, sterility Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17

Linked entry: wæstm-fæstness

un-wemness

(n.)
Grammar
un-wemness, e; f.

Purity

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Purity Ðæt ða clǽnan and ða unwemman hira clǽnnysse and hiora unwemnysse forð gehióldan, Homl. Ass. 207, 422

un-weorþness

(n.)
Grammar
un-weorþness, e; f.

Indignity ⬩ contempt ⬩ disgrace

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Indignity, contempt, disgrace Mid unweorðnesse dedignatione, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Hé his ríce mid micellre unweorðnesse and mid micelre uniéðnesse gehæfde, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 276, 1. Hé his onféng mid micelre unweorðnesse a quo arrogantissime exceptus

Linked entry: weorþness

un-gewiderung

(n.)
Grammar
un-gewiderung, e; f.

Bad weather

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Bad weather Syððan com, þurh ða myeclan ungewiderunge ðe cómon, swýðe mycel hungor ofer Engeland, ðæt manig hundred manna earmlíce deáðe swulton þurh ðone hungor, Chr. 1086; Erl. 219, 33

Linked entries: -widerung ge-widerung