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UN-FÆGERE - UN-FORESCEÁWODLÍC
un-fægere; adv. 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.) 1224, [and see Glossary.]
un-fægerness, e; f. Foulness, ugliness, abomination :-- Unfegernis slitnese abominatio desolationis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 15.
un-fæ-acute;glíc; adj. Not indicating impending death :-- Ðæt is tácn ðínre hæ-acute;le; swá swá læ-acute;ca gewuna is, ðæt hé cweþaþ ðonne hió seócne mon gesióþ, gef hé hwelc unfæ-acute;glíc (ungefæ-acute;glíc, Cott. MS.) tácn (a symptom which does not indicate that a disease is mortal) him on geseóþ: mé þincþ nú ðæt ðín gecynd flíte swíþe swíþlíce wiþ ðæm dysige id, uti medici sperare solent, indicium est erectae jam resistentisque naturae, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 27. v. un-fæ-acute;ge.
un-fæ-acute;hð, e; f. 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. sci&l-bar;&l-bar;.... and ða mæ-acute;gas him swerian áðas unfæ-acute;hða (cf. unceáses áð, 35; Th. i. 124, 8, the circumstances in the two cases being similar), L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 6. v. un-fáh.
un-fæ-acute;le; adj. Evil, ill, bad :-- Unfæ-acute;le (printed -sæ-acute;le), gemáh improbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 16. (a) applied to living objects :-- Hí wéndon ðæt hit unfæ-acute;le gást (phantasma) wæ-acute;re, Mk. Skt. 6, 49. Satiri vel fauni vel selini vel fauni ficarii unfæ-acute;le men, wudewásan, unfæ-acute;le wihtu, Wrt. Voc, i. 17, 20. Unfæ-acute;le men satyri vel fauni, wudewásan ficarii vel invii, 60, 23-4. [Gif þe unfele man his wille folgeð, and teð him to unwrenches, O. E. Homl. ii. 79, 27. Þe laþe gast cwelleþþ hemm þurrh his unnfæle þeowwess, Orm. 8034. Iðisse wildernesse beoð monie vuele bestes (unfeale bestes monie, MS. T.), A. R. 198, 2. &YOGH;ef heo is atbroide þenne heo is unfele and forbrode, O. and N. 1381.] (2) applied to inanimate objects :-- Ofet unfæ-acute;le (the forbidden fruit), Cd. Th. 45, 7; Gen. 723. Unfæ-acute;le dira (the passage is: dira vinculorum ligamina, Ald. 44), Anglia xiii. 34, 178. [Þat water is unfæle, Laym. 22018. Þat land is grislich and unfele, þe men beoþ wilde and unisele, O. and N. 1003. Þe stude (hell) is swiþe unvele (rimes with hele = heal), Misc. 73, 45. Cf. A seolcuð mere ... mid uniuele þingen, Laym. 21744.]
un-fæst; adj. Not firm, unstable, unsteady, weak :-- Hú ne is ðé nú genóh sweotole gesæ-acute;d ðæt seó wyrd ðé ne mæg náne gesæ-acute;lþa sellan, for ðam ðe æ-acute;gþer is unfæst ge seó wyrd ge seó gesæ-acute;lþ manifestum eat, quod ad beatitudinem percipiendam fortunae instabilitas aspirare non possit, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 21. Hwæt getácnaþ ðonne ðæt flæ-acute;sc búton unfæsð weorc and hnesce...? Oft ðeáh gebyreþ ðætte sume on monegum weorcum unfæste beóð ongietene quid per carnes nisi infirma quaedam ac tenera acta signantur? Et plerumque contigit, ut quidam in nonnullis suis actibus infirmi videantur, Past. 34; Swt. 235, 14-17. Ðonne ðæt mód bið on monig tódæ-acute;led, hit bið on ánes hwæm ðe unfæstre impar quisque invenitur ad singula, dum confusa mente dividitur ad multa, 4; Swt. 37, 15. [O. H. Ger. un-festi infirmus.]
un-fæstende; adj. Not fasting :-- Ðæt æ-acute;nig unfæstende man húsles ne ábirige, L. Edg. C. 36; Th. ii. 252, 1.
un-fæstlíce; adv. 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 swæ-acute; tweólíce and unfæstlíce hé átífreþ ðæs ðinges onlícnesse on his móde ðe hé ðonne ymb smeáð, Past. 21; Swt. 156, 13.
un-fæstræ-acute;d[e], -rád; adj. Infirm of purpose, inconstant, unstable, weak :-- Unfæstræ-acute;d inconstans, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 4. Ðá ongon hé æ-acute;resð herigean on him ðæt ðæt hé fæsðræ-acute;des wiste and sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierd[d]e ða ðe hé unfæsðráde (unfæstræ-acute;des, Cott. MSS.) wisse prius in eis, quae fortia prospicit, laudat, et caute monendo postmodum, quae infirma sunt roborat, Past. 32; Swt. 213, 9. Ða ungestæððegan and unfæsðræ-acute;dan inconstantes, 23; Swt. 177. 4: 42; Swt. 305, 11.
un-fæstræ-acute;dness, e; f. Instability, inconstancy, levity :-- Hié wéndon ðæt hé nyste hiera leohtmódnesse and hiera unfæstræ-acute;dnesse dum de ipsa levitate motionis praedicatori suo se incognitos crederent, Past. 32; Swt. 214, 2. On heora wandlunga hié gecýþdon heora unfæstræ-acute;dnesse, Bt. 7, 2 ; Fox 16, 32 note.
un-fáh; adj. Not regarded as a foe, used of the kinsmen of a criminal when not involved in the feud which their kinsman's guilt occasioned :-- Gif hwá heonanforð æ-acute;nigne man ofsleá, ðæt hé wege sylf ða fæ-acute;hðe ... Gif hine seó mæ-acute;gð forlæ-acute;te ... ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mæ-acute;gð sý unfáh, bútan ðam handdæ-acute;dan, L. Edm. S. 1; Th. i. 248, 2-7. [O. Frs. unfách.] v. un-fæ-acute;hþ.
un-fealdan; p. -feóld To unfold, unroll :-- Unfealdaþ replicant, i. reuoluuint, Scint. 140, 2. Hé ða bóc unfeóld reuoluit librum, Lk. Skt. 4, 17.
un-feferig; adj. Not feverish :-- Syle drincan on wíne, gif hé unfeferig sý; gif hé on fefere sý, syle drincan him on wætere, Lchdm. i. 164, 19.
un-félende; adj. Unfeeling, callous :-- Yfele swilas unfélende, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13.
un-feor[r]; adv. Not far off. I. marking position, at no great distance off, (1) where the point from which the distance is measured is given by an adverb :-- Ðæ-acute;r wæs unfeorr (-feor, MS. A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30. Ðá geseah hé deófol ðæ-acute;r unfeor standan, Blickl. Homl. 227, 24. (2) with dative :-- Ðá hé wæs unfeor ðam húse cum non longe esset a domo, Lk. Skt. 7, 6. Ðæt is unfeor ðære byrig Neapoli quod est non longe a Neapoli, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 30: Cd. Th. 125, 22; Gen. 2083. Unfeor herge haud procul a delubro, Hpt. Gl. 493, 36. (3) with dative and adverb :-- Se rinc him ðæ-acute;r rom geseah unfeor þanon standan, Cd. Th. 177, 9; Gen. 2927. (4) with preposition :-- Hí wæ-acute;ron unfeor fram lande non longe erant a terra, Jn. Skt. 21, 8. Fram ðam mynstre unfeor wæs ðære abbudissan mynster a quo (monasterio) non longe, illa monasterium habebat, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 1. (5) where the point from which distance is measured is implied :-- Wutað ðætte unfeorr sié scitote quod in proximo sit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 29. II. with verbs of motion, (to) no great distance :-- Hig wendan, unfeorr út on Wealas they marched a short distance into Wales, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 12.
un-feormigende inexpiable :-- Ðá onhrán mín mód hæ-acute;lo andgit mid mé sylfre þencende ðæt mé ðone ingang belucen ða onfeormeganda mínra misdæ-acute;da the inexpiable circumstances of my misdeeds had closed the entrance for me, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 426. v. feormian, III.
un-fére; adj. Incapacitated, disabled, infirm, feeble :-- Se wæs Æþelstánes biscopes gespelia syððan hé unfére wæs, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 21. [Þa iwærð þe king unfere. Swa þe king seoc læi ... ne mihte he þer of beon hæl, Laym. 6780. Al unfer he it (Moses's leprous hand) fond, Gen. and Ex. 2810. Þat licour for to dele unto þe unfere, L. H. R. 115, 277. See also Halliwell's Dict. Icel. ú-fœrr disabled.]
un-flitme; adv. Without dispute :-- Fin Hengeste elne unflitme áðum benemde ðæt hé ða weáláfe árum heólde (Fin confirmed with oaths the terms he made with Hengest, and there was no dispute about the terms which were settled), Beo. Th. 2198; B. 1097.
un-forbærned; adj. Unburnt, not burnt up, not consumed by fire :-- Ðær is ðeáw, ðonne ðæ-acute;r bið man deád, ðæt hé líð inne unforbærned mid his mágum and freóndum mónad,... hwílum healf geár ðæt hí beóð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 19-24. Gyf man án bán findeþ unforbærned, hí hit sceolan miclum gebétan, Swt. 21, 12. Tiburtius eode ofer ða byrnendan gléda unforbærnedum fótum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 380.
un-forboden; adj. Unforbidden, not prohibited, free from any moral or legal hindrance :-- Ðæt hí móston him beran unforboden flæ-acute;sc, 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 possession of the property), L. O. 13; Th. i. 184, 5. Unforboden and unbesacan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 234, 20. Gebohte se arcebisceop æt Ælfhége ðæt land æt Sendan mid .xc. pundum, and æt Sunnanbyrg mid .cc. mancussan goldes, unbecwedene and unforbodene wið æ-acute;lcne man tó ðære dægtíde; and hé him swá ða land geágnian derr, swá him se sealde ðe tó syllenne áhte, Chart. Th. 208, 38.
un-forbúgendlíc; adj. Unavoidable, inevitable :-- Unforbúgendlíc inevitabile, Hpt. Gl. 440, 40.
un-forbúgendlíce; adv. Without turning aside, constantly, fixedly :-- Ic cwæð tó hire geornlíce and unforbúgendlíce behealdende and cweðende: Eálá..., Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 431.
un-forburnen; adj. Unburnt, not consumed by fire :-- Se wind ábær ðone líg tó ðæs cyninges botle, swá ðæt him ne belæ-acute;fde nán þing unforburnen, and hé sylf earfoðlíce ðam fýre ætbærst, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 7.
un-forcúþ; adj. Not despicable, not ignoble, not wicked, honourable, noble, good :-- Ic eom heard and strong, forðsíðes from, freán unforcúð, Exon. Th. 479, 22; Rä. 63, 2. Hér stynt unforcúð eorl ðe wile gealgian éþel ðysne, Byrht. Th. 133, 16; By. 51. Eorl unforcúð elnes gemyndig, Andr. Kmbl. 2527; An. 1265. Næ-acute;fre ic sæ-acute;lidan sélran métte ... ic wille ðé, eorl unforcúð, biddan, 949; An. 475. Ðegn unforcúð, Menol. Fox 338; Men. 170. Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince eal unforcúþ, Exon. Th. 315, 14; Mód. 31. Cweðan ealle ðæt unforcúðe ðe him on standeþ egsa Dryhtnes dicant qui timent Dominum, Ps. Th. 117, 4.
un-forcúþlíce; adv. Nobly, excellently :-- Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth unforcúdlíce, swá him from yldrum æðelu wæ-acute;ron, Cd. Th. 103, 9; Gen. 1715.
un-fordyt[t]; adj. Unobstructed, unstopped :-- Ða unfordyttan gemágnesse obstinatam importunitatem (garrulitatem), Hpt. Gl. 491, 24.
un-forebyrdig; adj. Impatient; inpatiens, Scint. 8, 13.
un-fored. v. un-forod.
un-foresceáwod; adj. Unconsidered, hasty, without due consideration :-- Næs hit ná fæ-acute;rlíc geðóht oððe unforesceáwod ræ-acute;d, ðæt se ælmihtiga God ðysne middangeard gesceóp, ac wæs æ-acute;fre æt fruman on his écum ræ-acute;de, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 5.
un-foresceáwodlíc; adj. Hasty, inconsiderate, rash :-- On scyteræ-acute;s oþþe on fæ-acute;rfyll, unforescéáwodlíc in precets, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 44. v. un-forsceáwodlíc.