un-efne
Unequally ⬩ diversely
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Unequally, diversely Swá unefne is eorþe þicce sicut crassitudo terrae, Ps. Th. 140, 9
Linked entry: efne
un-efnlíc
Unequal ⬩ diverse
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Unequal, diverse Unefenlícra diversarum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 7, 5
un-ered
Unploughed
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Unploughed Unered land rus, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 49
Linked entry: erian
un-fæderlíce
In an unfatherly manner
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In an unfatherly manner Saturnus wæs swá wælhreów, ðæt hé fordyde his ágene bearn ealle bútan ánum and unfæderlíce macode heora líf tó lyre, Wulfst. 106, 6
Linked entry: fæder-líce
un-fægere
Unpleasantly ⬩ ungently ⬩ terribly ⬩ cruelly
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Unpleasantly, ungently, terribly, cruelly Hé ðæt unfægere wera cneórissum gewrecan þóhte, Cd. Th. 77, 11; Gen. 1273. Gripon unfægre under sceát werum scearpe gáras, 124, 16; Gen. 2063. Sampson hewis doun of þa hirdis, hurtis þam unfaire, Alex. (Sk.)
un-fægerness
Foulness ⬩ ugliness ⬩ abomination
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Foulness, ugliness, abomination Unfegernis slitnese abominatio desolationis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 15
un-fǽhð
Absence of hostility
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Absence of hostility; the word refers to the abstention from the prosecuting of the feud, which under certain conditions it would be allowable for the kinsmen of a man to follow up Se ðe þeóf geféhð, hé áh .x. sciłł.... and ða mǽgas him swerian áðas
un-fǽle
Evil ⬩ ill ⬩ bad
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Evil, ill, bad Unfǽle (printed -sǽle), gemáh improbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 16. applied to living objects Hí wéndon ðæt hit unfǽle gást (phantasma) wǽre, Mk. Skt. 6, 49. Satiri vel fauni vel selini vel fauni ficarii unfǽle men, wudewásan, unfǽle wihtu,
un-fæstlíce
Not firmly ⬩ uncertainly ⬩ vaguely
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Not firmly, uncertainly, vaguely Ðonne mon smeáð on his móde ymb hwelc eorðlíc ðing, ðonne déð hé swelce hé hit átífre on his heortan, and swǽ tweólíce and unfæstlíce hé átífreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe hé ðonne ymb smeáð, Past. 21; Swt.
un-félende
Unfeeling ⬩ callous
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Unfeeling, callous Yfele swilas unfélende, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13
Linked entry: félan
un-fére
Incapacitated ⬩ disabled ⬩ infirm ⬩ feeble
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Incapacitated, disabled, infirm, feeble Se wæs Æþelstánes biscopes gespelia syððan hé unfére wæs, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 21
un-forboden
Unforbidden ⬩ not prohibited ⬩ free from any moral or legal hindrance
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Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flǽsc, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 91. Swá ic hit hæbbe, swá hit se sealde, ðe tó syllanne áhte, unforboden ( no one had a right to forbid the entering into
Linked entries: un-besacen for-beódan
un-forbúgendlíc
Unavoidable ⬩ inevitable
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Unavoidable, inevitable Unforbúgendlíc inevitabile, Hpt. Gl. 440, 40
Linked entry: for-búgendlic
un-forbúgendlíce
Without turning aside ⬩ constantly ⬩ fixedly
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Without turning aside, constantly, fixedly Ic cwæð tó hire geornlíce and unforbúgendlíce behealdende and cweðende: Eálá..., Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 431
Linked entry: for-búgendlíce
un-forburnen
Unburnt ⬩ not consumed by fire
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Unburnt, not consumed by fire Se wind ábær ðone líg tó ðæs cyninges botle, swá ðæt him ne belǽfde nán þing unforburnen, and hé sylf earfoðlíce ðam fýre ætbærst, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 7
Linked entry: for-beornan
un-forcúþlíce
Nobly ⬩ excellently
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Nobly, excellently Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth unforcúdlíce, swá him from yldrum æðelu wǽron, Cd. Th. 103, 9; Gen. 1715
Linked entry: for-cúþlíce
un-forhladen
Unexhausted
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Unexhausted Unforhladenum inexaustis, Wülck. Gl. 255, 39
Linked entry: for-hladan
un-forht
Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid
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Not frightened, not afraid, fearless, intrepid Ðæt geðyld stent unforht betweónan ðara leahtra truman patientia inter acies vitiorum intrepida stat, Gl. Prud. 17 b. Hwæt eart ðú, ðú ðe swá unforht ús tó eart cumen? Nicod. 28; Thw. 16, 33: Homl. Skt.