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UN-HÆ-acute;MED - UN-HNEÁW
un-hæ-acute;med; adj. Unmarried :-- Unhæ-acute;medo innuba (voluit dotales linquere pompas, Ald. 195), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95. 50. v. un-gehæ-acute;med.
un-hál; adj. In bad health, sick, weak, infirm, unhealthy, unsound, (a) in reference to persons :-- Ðæ-acute;r ðæt heáfod bið unhál languente capite, Past. 18; Swt. 129, 7. Ic eom unhál infirmus sum, Ps. Th. 6, 2. Unhál debilis, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 43. Ðe unhála languidus, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 7: Lchdm. i. 360, 18. Ne mug se unhála ðam hálan gelíce byrðene áhebban, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 8. Ðý læs hié mid ðý tóle ðæt hále líc gewierden ðe hié sceoldon mid ðæt unhále áweg áceorfan dum per hoc in se sana perimunt, per quod salubriter abscindere sauciata debuerunt, Past. 48; Swt. 365, 12. Eágan mé syndon unhále oculi mei infirmati sunt, Ps. Th. 87, 9: 108, 24. Fét míne unhále (inbecilles), Anglia xi. 116, 22. Sume habbaþ bearn genóge, ac ða beóþ hwílum unhále oþþe yfele and unweorþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 8. Ða hálan ... ða unhálan incolumes ... aegri, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 4. Ðara unhálra &l-bar; ádligra languentium, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 5, 3. For hwí se góda læ-acute;ce selle ðæ-acute;m unhálum, sumum líþn drenc, sumum strangne cur aegri quidam lenibus, quidam vero acribus adjuvantur, Bt. 39, 9; Fox 226, 12. Alle unhále omnes male habentes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 16: Homl. Skt. i. 21, 155. Ealle ða unhálan, Mk. Skt. 1, 32. (b) of animals :-- Gif man áfindeþ his æ-acute;hte, syððan hé hit gebohte hafeþ, unhál, L. O. 7; Th. i. 180, 21. Ðæt hors blon fram ðám unhálum (insanis) styrenessum ðara leoma ... and sóna árás hál and gesund, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 38. [Adam bicom unmihti and unhol, O. E. Homl. ii. 35, 9. Laym. Orm. un-hal: Goth. un-hails: O. H. Ger. unheil insanus.]
un-hálgod; adj. 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. v. un-gehálgod.
un-hálig; adj. Unholy :-- Of unháligre þeóde de gente non sancta, Ps. Lamb. 42, 1.
un-hálwendlíc; adj. Incurable :-- Fyll unhálwendlic casus insanabilis, Scint. 80, 8. Þeáh man sý on hwylcre unhálwendlícre ádle, Lchdm. i. 328, 21. Hira wín is dracena gealla and næddrena áttor unhálwendlíce fel draconum vinum eorum et venenum aspidum insanabile, Deut. 32, 33.
un-handworht; adj. Not made with hands :-- Ic unhandworht tempel getimbrie ego templum non manu factum aedificabo, Mk. Skt. 14, 58. [Goth. un-handuwaurhts.]
un-hár; adj. 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.
un-heáh; adj. 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. 1, 7. Hwæ-acute;r se weall unhéhst sý, Homl. Th. i. 484, 10.
un-heánlíce; adv. Not in an abject manner, gallantly :-- Hé unheánlíce hine werede he defended himself gallantly, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 33.
un-hearmgeorn; adj. Inoffensive :-- Se Hálga Gást com ofer Criste on culfran híwe for ðí ðæt hé wolde getácnian mid ðam ðæt Crist wæs on ðære menniscnysse swíðe líðe and unhearmgeorn, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 20.
un-hége, un-hela. v. un-heáh.
un-helian; p. ede To uncover, reveal :-- Nis nán þing oferheled ðe ne beó unheled nihil opertum est quod non reueletur, Lk. Skt. 12, 2. [God dede, þet wule adeaden, forworpeð hire rinde, þet is, unheleð hire ... Þe figer ... schal adruwien rindeleas, þuruh þet hit is unheled, A. R. 150, 8-20. Hire hede unhelid was, Alex. (Skt.) 3450. If his hous be unheled (-hiled), Piers P. 18, 319.]
un-heóre, -heórlíc, -hére. v. un-híre, -hírlíc, -híre.
un-hered; adj. Unpraised :-- Þeáh hé seó ánum gehered, ðonne biþ hé óþrum unhered, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 15.
un-herigendlíc; adj. Not praiseworthy :-- Se bið unherigendlíc ðe unnyt leofaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 406, 17.
un-hérsum, un-hiére, -hiórde, -hióre. v. un-hírsum, un-híre.
un-híre, -heóre, -hére, -hiére, -hióre, -hýre; adj. Fierce, savage, cruel, deadly, dire, dreadful, frightful :-- Unhiére carolios, Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 59. Unhére (printed unkere), 94, 36: carolios, atrox, inobediens, 129, 17. Unhére, sceþðende caustica, nocens, 130, 12. Wælgrim, unhére funestus, crudelis, perniciosus, 151, 64. Unhýri, unhiórde trux, Txts. 100, 983. Unhýre funesta, i. scelesta, criminosa, Wülck. Gl. 245, 1. Ðæs unhiéran cruentae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 34. Ða unhióran infestos, 47, 59. (1) of living creatures :-- Weard unhióre (the fire-drake), Beo. Th. 4818; B. 2413. Grendeles módor ... wíf unhýre, 4247; B. 2120. Se (Ishmael) bið unhýre, orlæggífre, wiðerbreca wera cneórissum hic erit ferus homo, manus ejus contra omnes (Gen. 16, 12), Cd. Th. 138, 5; Gen. 2287. Ne gémde hé ná swá swýðe hú hé áræfnede ðæs unhýran cwelres hand, Shrn. 129, 9. Ða unhiéran torvam (gypsam), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 12. Hió hyne scyldeþ wið unhýrum nihtgengum and wið egeslícum gesihðum, Lchdm. i. 70, 5. (2) of things :-- Egl unheóru a cruel talon, Beo. Th. 1978; B. 987. Weder unhióre hard weather, Met. 29, 65. Him geblendon drýas drync unheórne, se onwende wera ingeþanc, Andr. Kmbl. 68; An. 34. [O. Sax. un-hiuri: O. H. Ger. unhiuri, -hiur dirus: Icel. ú-hýrr unfriendly-looking, frowning.]
un-híre, -hióre; adv. Fiercely :-- Hé lócaþ unhióre, swíðes wingeþ, gilleþ geómorlíce, Salm. Kmbl. 532; Sal. 265.
un-hírédwist renders infamiliaritas, Scint. 203, 13.
un-hírlíc; adj. I. fierce, savage, (1) of living creatures :-- Mera mengeo on onsióne máran and un[hý]rlícran ðonne ða elpendas, Nar. 11, 1. (2) of things :-- Ðá cwom ðæ-acute;r swíðe micel wind and tó ðæs unheórlíc se wind geweóx ðæt hé ðara úra getelda monige áfylde tum euri uenti tanta uis flantis exorta est, ut omnia tabernacula nostra euerterit, Nar. 22, 28. Unhiérlíc storm of ðæm munte ástág, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7. II. dismal, doleful :-- Ic forht and unrót ðás unhýrlícan fers onhefde mid sange carmina prae tristi cecini haec lugubria mente, Dóm. L. 11. [Leper mas bodi ugli and lathe and unherly, Metr. Homl. 129, 26. O. H. Ger. un-hiurlícha eumenides: Icel. ú-hýrligr frowning.]
un-hírsum; adj. Disobedient, inattentive :-- Wæs hé náwiht unhýrsum his yldrum; Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 14. v. un-gehírsum.
un-hírsumlíce; adv. Disobediently :-- Ic ne dyde árleáslíce ne unhýrsumlíce wið mínne Drihten nec impie gessi a Deo meo, Ps. Th. 17, 21.
un-hírsumness, e; f. Disobedience :-- Ðurh gewyrht sumre unhýrsumnesse per meritum cujusdam inobedientiae, Bd. 4, 6; S. 573, 38: 5, 6; S. 619, 22. Æt ðæs æ-acute;restan mannes unhýrsumnesse, Blickl. Homl. 85, 31. For heora unhýrsumnesse Godes beboda, 95, 8. Gefriða mé wið ðises folces unhýrsumnesse eripies me de contradictionibus populi, Ps. Th. 17, 41. Hé déð unhiérsumnesse Gode, Past. 54; Swt. 421, 32. v. un-gehírsumness.
un-hirwan to speak very ill of, calumniate :-- Ne æ-acute;nig man óþerne bæftan ne tæ-acute;le ne hyrwe (unhyrwe, MS. C.), Wulfst. 70, 15.
unhiþy. v. un-hýþig.
un-híwe; adj. Formless :-- Unhíwe informia, Germ. 399, 259.
un-híwed glosses discolor, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 19.
un-hleówe; adj. Chill :-- Unhleówan wæ-acute;g the chill wave, Cd. Th. 209, 4; Exod. 494.
un-hlidian; p. ode To uncover, to remove the lid or covering from something :-- Féng se portgeréfa tóö ðære tége and hé hí unhlidode, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 765. Seó byrgen wæs open geworden and unhlidod, Wulfst. 214, 19.
un-hlís[e?]; adj. Of evil repute, disreputable :-- On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475.
un-hlísa, an; m. Ill-fame, evil report, discredit, infamy :-- Unhlísa infamia, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 3. Gode swá gecwéme þurh hálige drohtnunge, ðæt him nán unhlísa ne fylge þurh æ-acute;nigne fracodscipe, R. Ben. 141, 4: L. Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 24. Ðæ-acute;m hádum ðe mon nánes unhlýsan æt wénan ne þorfte, L. E. I. 12; Th. ii. 410, 9. Ðá cwæð Eugenia, ðæt heó eáþe mihte ðæs forligeres unhlísan hí beládian, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 205. Tó unhlísan infamiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 48. Sume swíðe yfele férdon ... and yfele geendodon on heora unhlísan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 10. Ða wíf ðe heora æ-acute;we healdaþ wið unhlísan, Homl. Ass. 39, 376: 108, 208.
un-hlísbæ-acute;re; adj. Disreputable :-- Tó ðæm unhlísbæ-acute;rum ad infame, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 19.
un-hlíseádig; adj. Disreputable :-- Ðæs unhlíseádgan infamis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 49.
un-hlísful; adj. Disreputable :-- Unhlísful infamis, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 2. Uuhlísfullum gydde infami elogio, Hpt. Gl. 524, 76. Unhlísfullest infamis, 505, 12.
un-hlísig; adj. Disreputable :-- Unhlísie infames, Kent. Gl. 24.
un-hlytm an ill-sharing(?) :-- Hengest wunode mid Finne ... unhlitme (finnel unhlitme, MS.) Hengest dwelt with Fin and his lot was not a happy one (? v. hlytm, and cf. Icel. ú-hlutr, -hluti harm, hurt), Beo. Th. 2262; B. 1129.
un-hneáw; adj. Not niggardly, liberal, bounteous, (1) giving liberally :-- Sumne hí gemétaþ geofum unhneáwne, Exon. Th. 326, 36; Víd. 139. Ælfwine hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles, 323, 3; Víd. 73. (2) given liberally, abundant :-- Geofum unhneáwum, 43, 10; Cri. 686. [Icel. ú-hnöggr.]