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un-gewítnigendlíce

(adv.)
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un-gewítnigendlíce, adv.

With impunityimpune

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With impunity; impune, Ælfc. Gr. 38 Zup. 233, 6 note

un-gewítnod

(adj.)
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un-gewítnod, adj.

Unpunished

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Unpunished, of the person to whom punishment might be given Ne beó gé on nánre leásre gewitnysse, for ðon ðe se leása gewita ne bið hé nǽfre ungewítnod, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 424, 1: Homl. Ass. 148, 10. Ne wén ðú ná be ðé ðæt ðú ungewítnod beó, Homl.

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un-gewittig

(adj.)
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un-gewittig, adj.

madinsanefoolishsenselessnot having reasonirrational

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mad, insane Ic wát ðæt gé wénaþ ðæt ic ungewittige móde ( insana mente ) sprece, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 1. foolish, senseless Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ, hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt hé ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe

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un-geworht

(adj.)
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un-geworht, adj.

not madenot finished

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not made Gif Hé geworht wǽre, ne wurde Hé nǽfre ælmihtig God ... Hé wæs ǽfre ungeworht, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 69. not finished Ungeworht infectum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 17

Linked entry: ge-wyrcan

un-gewuna

(adj.)
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un-gewuna, adj.

Unaccustomedunused

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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-gewunelíc

(adj.)
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un-gewunelíc, adj.

unusualunwontedunfrequenteduninhabitable

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unusual, unwonted Ðæs wundredon men, for ðí ðæt hit wæs ungewunelíc, Homl. Th. i. 184, 30. Fela fægera þinga ðe ðam folce ungecnáwe[n] wæs and ungewunelíc, Ap. Th. 17, 14. Hwílum gebyrede swíþe ungewunelíc and ungecyndelíc yfel, ðæt ða bearn sieredon

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un-glæd

(adj.)
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un-glæd, adj.

Dullcheerless

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Dull, cheerless Swá eác se súþerna wind hwílum miclum storme gedréfeþ ða sǽ ðe ǽr wæs smylte wedere glæshlútra on tó seónne; ðonne heó swá gemenged wyrð mid ðan ýðum, ðonne wyrþ heó swíþe hraðe ungladu, þeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on tó lócienne si mare volvens

un-gleáw

(adj.)
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un-gleáw, adj.

without understandingwithout skillnot sagaciousignorantblinddullnot apt for service

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of persons, without understanding, without skill, not sagacious, ignorant, blind (fig.) Ungleáw imperitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 55. 49. Ungleu caecus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 14. Synt gé þus ungleáwe (inprudentes)? Ne ongyte gé ðæt...? are ye so without understanding

un-gleáwlíce

(adv.)
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un-gleáwlíce, adv.

Without understandingwithout sagacityunwiselyimprudently

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Without understanding, without sagacity, unwisely, imprudently On his heortan cwæð unhýdig sum ungleáwlíce ðæt God nǽre dixit insipiens in corde suo, Non est Deus, Ps. Th. 52, 1. Gif hé ðære styringe ne wiðstent, ðonne gescient hé ða gódan weorc ðe hé

un-gníðe

(adj.)
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un-gníðe, adj.

Not scantyliberalabundant

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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. Th. 359, 31;

un-grápigende

(adj.)
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un-grápigende, adj.

Not handlingthat 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-grund

(adj.)
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un-grund, adj.

Bottomlessboundlessimmense

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Bottomless, boundless, immense Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ealles ungrundes ǽnig of that host, all boundless as it was, not one came home again, Cd. Th. 209, 32; Exod. 508

un-grynde

(adj.)
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un-grynde, adj.

Bottomlessdeep

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Bottomless, deep, Exon. Th. 354, 21; Reim. 49

un-gyltig

(adj.)
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un-gyltig, adj.

Innocent

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Innocent Hit God wræc on him, swá oft swá hié mid monnum ofredan, ðæt hié mid hiera cucum onguldon, ðæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 184, 9

un-hálgod

(adj.)
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un-hálgod, adj.

Unhallowedunconsecrated

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Unhallowed, unconsecrated Fela dropena unhálgodes eles, Lchdn. i. 380, 5. Gif preóst on unhálgodon húse mæssige, L. N. P. L. 13; Th. ii. 292, 16

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un-hálig

(adj.)
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un-hálig, adj.

Unholy

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Unholy Of unháligre þeóde de gente non sancta, Ps. Lamb. 42, 1

un-hár

(adj.)
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un-hár, adj.

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-heáh

(adj.)
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un-heáh, adj.

Not highlow

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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. Faraþ tó feldlandum and dúnlandum and tó unhéheran landum venite ad campestria atque montana et humiliora loca, Deut.

Linked entry: un-hége

un-heánlíce

(adv.)
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un-heánlíce, adv.

Not in an abject mannergallantly

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Not in an abject manner, gallantly Hé unheánlíce hine werede he defended himself gallantly, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 33

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un-hered

(adj.)
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un-hered, adj.

Unpraised

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Unpraised Þeáh hé seó ánum gehered, ðonne biþ hé óþrum unhered, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 15