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UNNE - UN-ONWENDEDLÍC
unne. v. unna.
un-neáh; adj. Distant, far :-- In lond unnéh in regionem longinquam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 15, 13: 19, 12.
un-neáh not near. I. as adv. far :-- Syndan ealle hí fram æ-acute; ðínre unneáh gewiten a lege tua longe facti sunt, Ps. Th. 118, 150. II. as prep. far from :-- Óþlæ unnég, Txts. 127, 1.
un-nédige, un-néh, un-net. v. un-nídige, un-neáh, un-nyt.
unnend, es; m. One who grants :-- Unnend &l-bar; forgefend prestabilis, Rtl. 5, 10.
un-nídige; adv. Without compulsion, willingly :-- Ða ðe beóð mid hira ágnum byrðennum ofðrycte ðæt hié ne magon gestondan, hié willaþ lustlíce underfón óðerra monna, and unniédige hié underlútaþ mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna tóeácan hiera ágnum qui ad casum valde urgetur ex propriis, humerum libenter opprimendus ponderibus submittit alienis, Past. 7; Swt. 52, 25. Oft hit gebyreþ ðætte manige men bióþ swá ungetrume æ-acute;gþer ge on móde ge on líchoman ðæt hí ne magon ne nán god dón, ne nán yfel nyllaþ unnédige, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 1.
un-nídunga; adv. Without necessity or compulsion :-- Hé ðurh his ágene geornfulnesse gesyngaþ unniédenga desiderio peccatur, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 12.
un-níþing, es; m. Not a rascal, an honest man :-- He beád ðæt æ-acute;lc man ðe wæ-acute;re unníðing sceolde cuman tó him, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 2.
un-nyt[t]; adj. Useless, vain, idle, unprofitable :-- Unnyt spræ-acute;c fabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 64. Nán bróðor ymbe ídelnesse and unnette spræ-acute;ce (unnytte spræ-acute;ca, v.l.) beó ... ne biþ hé ná him ánum unnyt ne frater vacet otioso et fabulis ... non solum sibi inutilis est, R. Ben. 74, 15-18. Unlæ-acute;de bið on eorðan, unnyt lífes, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm. Kmbl. 42; Sal. 21. Nis him nán wuht unnyt ðæs ðe hé gesceóp, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 17. Ðes wída grund stód ídel and unnyt, Cd. Th. 7, 14; Gen. 106: Beo. Th. 830; B. 413. Unnet gelp, Met. 10, 17. Ádó of his móde fela ðara ymbhogona ðe him unnet sié (cf. ungerisenlíce ymbhogan, Bt. 29, 3; Fox 106, 19), 16, 6: 22, 10. Hit wæs unnet gebod, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 32. Se unnytta and forhogoda inrita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 65. His word beóð gehwyrfedo tó unnyttre oferspræ-acute;ce, Past. 21; Swt. 165, 17. Ðý unnyttan nugaci, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 69. Gehæft mid ðære unnyttan lufe ðisse middangeardes, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 25. Unnytne gefeán, Met. 5, 27. Unnytne andan, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 33. Unnetne, Met. 28, 52. Hwæþer ðæt sié tó talianne wáclíc and unnyt num imbecillum, ac sine viribus aestimandum est? Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 16. Ðone ídelan hlísan and ðone unnyttan gilp, 19; Fox 68, 21. Ðone unnyttan þeówan inutilem servum, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 30. Hí lufiaþ ðæt hí sýn ídle and unnytte inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Th. 13, 4. Unnetta saca vain disputes, Met. 25, 44. Heora hæ-acute;þenan gild wæ-acute;ron ídelu and unnyt, Blickl. Homl. 223, 2. Áfyr fram ðé ða yfelan sæ-acute;lþa and ða unnettan, and eác ða unnettan ungesæ-acute;lþa, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 32. Ðonne ðæt mód bið on monig tódæ-acute;led, hit bið on ánes hwæm ðý unnyttre ... Oft ðonne mon forlét ða fæstræ-acute;dnesse ... hine spænð his mód tó swíðe monegum unnyttum weorce ... Hé swíður his mód gebint tó ðæ-acute;m unnyttan (-nyttran, Hatt. MS.) weorcum ðonne hé ðyrfe, Past. 4; Swt. 36; 14-21. Ræ-acute;d biþ nyttost, yfel unnyttost, Exon. Th. 341, 2; Gn. Ex. 120. Ðæs hádes men ðe hwýlum wæ-acute;ron nyttoste ... syndon nú unnyttaste, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 21. [O. E. Homl. un-nit, -net, -nut: A. R. un-nut, -net: Orm. un nitt: Goth. un-nutis inutilis: O. H. Ger. un-nuz[z] inutilis, cassus, otiosus, ignavus: Icel. ú-nýtr.] v. next word.
un-nyt[t], es; n. I. a vain thing, vanity, frivolity :-- Ne geríseþ æ-acute;nig unnytt mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 30. Ðú hátodest ða ðe beeodon ídelnesse and ða ðe unnyt worhton odisti observantes vanitatem supervacue, Ps. Th. 30, 6. Wé læ-acute;raþ ðæt man æt ciricwæccan æ-acute;nig unnit ne dreóge, L. Edg. C. 28; Th. ii. 250, 13: 26; Th. ii. 250, 5: 65; Th. ii. 258, 12. Ðonne mæg hé ongitan ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé æ-acute;r on his móde hæfde, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 26. Hwý gé ymb ðæt unnet swincen? Met. 10, 21. Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare meditati sunt inania, Ps. Th. 2, 1. Unnyttu &l-bar; ídelnyssa spræ-acute;con ánra gehwilc vana locuti sunt unusquisque, Ps. Lamb. ii. 3. II. an evil thing, iniquity :-- Hí unnyt sæcgeaþ loqueutur iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 93, 4. [On unnet in vain, O. E. Homl. i. 107, 3. He isihð and ihereð oðerhwule unnut, and spekeð umbe hwule, A. R. 352, 28.]
un-nyt[t], e; f. Ill use, disadvantage, hurt :-- Gif hié ða trumnesse ðære Godes giefe him tó unnytte (-nyte, Hatt. MS.) gehweorfaþ si incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent, Past. 36; Swt. 246, 8. Ic andette eal ðæt ic æ-acute;fre mid eágum geseáh tó gítsunge oððe tó tæ-acute;lnesse, oþþe mid eárum tó unnytte gehýrde, oþþe mid mínum múðe tó unnytte gecwæð, L. de Cf. 8; Th. ii. 264, 1-2. Lá hwæt fremaþ cyrichatan cristendóm on unnyt see what Christianity can do to the disadvantage of the church's foes, Wulfst. 67, 19. v. nytt.
un-nytlíc; adj. Useless, unprofitable :-- Ðysse wyrte wyrttruma is unnytlíc (-net-, v.l.), Lchdm. i. 258, 4. Ðætte hé ne ðóhte náht ungesceádwíslíces ne unnytlíces (-net-, Hatt. MS.) nec indiscretum quid vel inutile cogitet, Past. 13; Swt. 76, 12. [O. H. Ger. un-nuzlíh inusitatus.]
un-nytlíce; adv. I. uselessly, vainly, to no purpose :-- Unnytlíce inaniter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 43: nugaciter, 80, 33: 60, 62. Ðý læs hié unnytlíce forweorpen ðæt ðæt hié sellen for hira hrædhýdignesse ne praecipitatione hoc, quod tribuunt, inutiliter spargant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 17: 15; Swt. 95, 24. Unnytlíce wé swincaþ, gif wé his nabbaþ ðý máran ðanc, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 246, 21. II. to ill purpose :-- Suá hié egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúcaþ Godes giefe quo bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 36; Swt. 247, 10.
un-nytlícness, e; f. Uselessness, unserviceableness :-- Wið ðæra eárena unnytlícnysse, and wið ðæt man wel gehýran ne mæge, Lchdm. i. 212, 3: 214, 20.
un-nytness, e; f. Uselessness, frivolity, vanity, triviality :-- Unnytnis nugacitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 5. Unnytnes, 60, 24. Æ-acute;rendwrecan unnytnesse nugigerelus, 60, 21. Hí on unnytenesse gewordene synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Spl. T. 13, 4. Ðæt on ðam hálgan Sunnandæge nán man hine tó unnytnesse tó swíðe ne geþeódde, Wulfst. 227, 6. Wé forbeódaþ æ-acute;gðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 23.
un-nytwirðe; adj. Not fit for use, useless, unprofitable, unserviceable :-- Hé nis ðæt án him unnytwurðe non solum sibi inutilis est, R. Ben. Interl. 83, 9. Wé beóð gehátene yfele þeówan and unnytwyrðe, Homl. Ass. 57, 150. Unnytwyrþe gewordene hig synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 52, 4.
un-nytwirðlíce; adv. Uselessly, vainly, to no purpose, unprofitably :-- Ðæra wiðercorenra wíte tiht oft heora mód unnytwurðlíce tó lufe, Homl. Th. i. 332, 29. Ágyldan gesceád ealra ðæra ýdelnyssa ðe hí unnytwurðlíce nú begáð, ii. 220, 31. Se forlýst ða gife ðe hé unnytwurðlíce underféng, 556, 16.
un-ofercumen; adj. Unsubdued :-- Unobercumenre (-ofaercumenrae, -ofercumenrae) indigestae, Txts. 71, 1097. Uuofercumene indigeste, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 52.
un-oferfére; adj. Not to be crossed, impassable :-- Unoferfoere intransmeabili, Txts. 73, 1144. Unoferfére, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 68.
un-oferhréfed; adj. Not roofed over :-- Seó cirice is ufan open and unoferhréfed, Blickl. Homl. 125, 26, 31.
un-oferswíðed; adj. Unconquered :-- Unoferswíþed hiht invicta spes, Hymn. Surt. 123, 34. Ðín geþyld wé cunnon unoferswýþed, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 30, 19. Ðú unoferswýðda Alexander in gefeohtum invicte belli Alexander, Nar. 29, 9.
un-oferswíðedlíc; adj. Unconquerable :-- Sume men wæ-acute;ron unoferswíþedlíce, swá ðæt hí nán ne mihte mid nánum wíte oferswíþan quidam suppliciis inexpugnabiles, Bt. 39, 11; Fox 230, 1. v. un-oferswíðendlíc.
un-oferswíðende; adj. Unconquerable, invincible :-- Geoffra ðíne lác ðam unoferswíðendum Apolline, Homl. Skt. i. 14, 35.
un-oferswiðendlíc; adj. Invincible :-- Unoferswíþendlíc weorud invincibilis exercitus, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 16.
un-oferwinnende (?); adj. Not to be overcome :-- Ða unoferwinnene (-winnende(?), -wunnene(?). v. un-oferwunnen) ineluctuabilis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 54: 46, 78.
un-oferwinnendlíc; adj. Invincible, unconquerable :-- Unoferwinnendlícne (-wunnendlíce, v.l.) here invictissimum exercitum, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 7. Unoferwinnendlíce halsbearga loricam inextricabilem (inexpugnabilem), Hpt. Gl. 424, 34.
un-oferwrigen; adj. Not covered over :-- Ða sceame mínes líchaman hæbbende unoferwrigene, Homl. skt. ii. 23 b, 208.
un-oferwunnen; adj. Unconquered :-- Ic ða móste oferwinnan ðe æ-acute;r wæ-acute;ron unoferwunnen qui ante hac invicti fuere viri, hos ego in pugna vici, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 156, 28.
un-ofslegen; adj. Unslain :-- His bróðor geendode his líf on sibbe unofslegen, Homl. Th. ii. 544, 31.
un-onbindendlíc; adj. Not to be unbound, indissoluble :-- Mid unanbindendlícum racentum irresoluto nexu, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 6. v. unábindendlíc.
un-onwendedlíc; adj. Unchangeable :-- Ne wyrð seó burh næ-acute;fre onwend, ða hwule ðe God byð unonwendedlíc ón hire midle, Ps. Th. 45, 4.