un-swícende
Not failing in duty to others ⬩ faithful ⬩ loyal
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Not failing in duty to others, faithful, loyal Ic ( Cnut ) cýðe wów ðæt ic wylle beón hold hláford and unswícende tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Chart. Erl. 229, 22. Hig áþas swóron and gíslas saldan ðæm cynge and ðæm eorle, ðæt heó him
Linked entry: swícan
un-swicol
Not false ⬩ not treacherous ⬩ honest
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Not false, not treacherous, honest Unswicel non falsa, Hpt. Gl. 432, 24. Uton beón eádmóde and sóðfæste and unswicole and rihtwíse, Wulfst. 109, 13
un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Blameless, without reproach Ðeáh ðe nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðeáh wǽre Godes rihtwísnys eallunga untǽle, Homl. Th. i. 112, 19. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ simle untǽlu and wracu áscirred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse videas adversam
un-tǽlwirðe
Not blameable ⬩ irreprehensible ⬩ praiseworthy
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Not blameable, irreprehensible, praiseworthy Is geteald hwelc hé beón sceal, gif hé untǽlwierðe bið quae sit irreprehensibilitas ipsa, manifestat, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 11. Æew Dryhtnes untélwyrðe ( inrepraehensibilis ), Ps. Surt. 18, 8. Ðæt hé gecnáwe óðerra
Linked entry: tǽl-wirðe
un-tǽlwirðlíce
Blamelessly ⬩ laudably
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Blamelessly, laudably Ðætte oft ðæs láreówdómes dénung bið swíðe untǽlwyrðlíce (-wierð-, Cott. MSS., laudabiliter) gewilnad, and eác swíðe untǽlwierðlíce (laudabiliter ) monige beóð tó geniédde, Past. 7; Swt. 47, 20. Ðæt ilce ðæt hé untǽlwyrðlíce (-wierð
Linked entry: tǽlwirð-líc
un-tállíce
Blamelessly ⬩ without reproach
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Blamelessly, without reproach Hé ealle ðæs regoles bebodu untállíce geheóld, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 26
Linked entries: tallíce un-tǽllíce
un-teald
Uncounted
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Uncounted Gyf se ðæg byð forlǽten unteald, ðǽrrihte áwent eall ðæs geáres ymbryn þwyres, Lchdm. iii. 264, 12
un-tealt
Steady
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Steady Ðá hét Ælfréd cyning timbrian lange scipu ongeán ðás æsceas; ... ða wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran, ge unteal[t]]ran, ge eác heárran, ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 1, col. 2
Linked entry: tealt
un-temed
Untamed ⬩ wild
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Untamed, wild Untemed (Wright prints untamed, but see Wülcker 226, 14), wilde edomitus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 40. Un-temed hors, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 17
un-þæslíc
Unsuitable ⬩ unseemly ⬩ unbecoming ⬩ unfit
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Unsuitable, unseemly, unbecoming, unfit Unðæslíc indecens, Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 87, 12. Ne gedafenaþ biscope ðæt hé beó on dǽdum folces mannum gelíc. Geswíc swá unðæslíces plegan, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 13. Ús ne gedafenaþ ðæt wé úrne líchaman, ðe Gode is
un-þæslíce
Unsuitably ⬩ in art unseemly manner
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Unsuitably, in art unseemly manner Ðæt nán þing unþæslíce ne gelympe on nánes limes þénunge, Homi. Skt. i. 1, 204
Linked entry: þæslíce
un-þearf
Needless ⬩ useless
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Needless, useless Unðærfe ðing nequaquam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 2, 6
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-þeáwfæst
Of bad habits ⬩ vicious ⬩ ill-mannered ⬩ ill-conditioned
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Of bad habits, vicious, ill-mannered, ill-conditioned Hit is bysmorlíc dǽd, ðæt ǽnig man ǽfre swá unþeáwfæst beón sceole, ðæt hé ðone múð ufan mid mettum áfylle, and on óðerne ende him gauge ðæt meox út, Engl. Stud. viii. 62, 15. Onþeáwfæste indisciplinatorum
Linked entries: þeáw-fæst un-geþeáwfæst
un-þinged
Uninvited ⬩ sudden ⬩ unexpected
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Uninvited, sudden, unexpected Ðý læs iów geméte se réða and se egeslíca dæg, se cymð ofer ealle eorðwaran unðinged, swǽ swǽ grin et superveniat in vos repentina dies illa. Tamquam laqueus superveniet in omnes, qui sedent super faciem omnis terrae, Past
Linked entry: un-geþinged
un-þoligendlíc
Intolerable
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Intolerable Náht unþoligendlícre nihil intolerabilius, Scint. 208, 14
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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-þyhtig
Weak
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Weak Unðyhtge (-þyotgi, -dyctgi) égan vitiato oculo, Txts. 107, 2133