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UN-SIBBIAN - UN-SÓÞFÆSTNESS
un-sibbian; p. ode To disagree :-- Unsibbaþ desidet, i. discordat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 20. Unsibbade desidebat, 25, 16.
un-sibsumness, e; f. Want of tranquillity, anxiety :-- Mið unsibsumnise gedroefede anxietate turbati, Jn. Skt. p. 6, 1.
un-sidefull; adj. Immodest :-- Unsideful impudicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 33: O. E. Homl. i, 300. 29, 30.
un-sidefulness, e; f. Immodesty, immorality :-- Se fífta unþeáw is ðæt wíf beó unsydefull. Unsydefulnys bið sceamu for worulde, and ðæt unsydefulle wíf bið unwurð on lífe, O. E. Homl. i. 300, 30.
un-sidu, a; m. A bad habit, vicious custom, mal-practice :-- Sóð is ðæt ic secge, áræ-acute;re man unlaga on lande oððe unsida lufige tó swíðe, ðæt cymð ðære þeóde tó unþearfe, L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 8. Nis eác nán wundor, þeáh ús mislimpe, forðam wé witan ful georne, ðæt ... wearð þes þeódscipe swýðe forsyngod ... þurh hæ-acute;þene unsida, Wulfst. 164, 2. Áne misdæ-acute;da hé dyde þeáh tó swíðe, ðæt hé ælþeódige unsida lufode, Chr. 959; Erl. 121, 1. [Icel. ú-siðr.]
un-sigefæst; adj. Not victorious, unsuccessful :-- Ða ðe God wurðodon sigefæste wæ-acute;ron symle on gefeohte; ða ðe fram Gode bugon tó bysmorfullum hæðenscype wurdon gescynde and á unsigefæste, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 44.
un-silt; adj. Unsalted :-- Unsilt (-slit, MS.) smeoro saevo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 45. Unsylt smeoru, Lchdm. iii, 18, 5. v. un-gesilt.
un-síþ, es; m. I. an evil, ill-advised expedition :-- Wearð ofslegen Ecgfridus on his unsíðe, ðá ðá hé on Peohtum begann tó feohtanne tó dyrstelíce ofer Drihtnes willan (cf. Ecgfrid, cum temere exercitum ad vastandam Pictorum provinciam duxisset, multum prohibentibus amicis, extinctus est, Bd. 4, 26), Homl. Th. ii. 148, 16. II. a mishap, misfortune :-- Heó ðurh wódnysse micclum wæs gedreht .. beó æ-acute;r ðon eáwfæst leofode, ðeáh ðe se unsíð hire swá gelumpe, Homl. Th. ii. 142, 12. [Þu (the owl) ne singst never þat hit nis for sume unsiþe (mishap), O. and N. 1164.]
un-slæc, -sleac; adj. Not slack, not lazy, strenuous, active, diligent :-- Unsleac inpiger, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 30: 93, 15: Kent. Gl. 140. [Icel. ú-slakr.]
un-slæclíce; adv. Not slackly, not languidly, strenuously :-- Gif ðæt gebodene bið gefremed unsleaclíce (non tarde), R. Ben. 20, 18.
un-slæ-acute;pig; adj. Sleepless :-- Unslæ-acute;pige insomnes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 20.
un-slæ-acute;wð, Past. 45; Swt. 341, 4, seems an error for un-sæ-acute;lð, the reading of the Cott. MSS.
un-sláw, -slæ-acute;w, -sleáw; adj. Not slow, not sluggish, active, ready, quick :-- Unslæ-acute;w impiger vel praepes, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 34. Unsleáw inpiger, 74, 34. Hé hine sylfne getengde in Godes þeówdóm æscróf, unsláw, Elen. Kmbl. 403; El. 202. Se ðe wæ-acute;re full sláw, weorðe se unsláw tó cyrican, Wulfst. 72, 15. Ðone ðe him on weorcum gecwémde elne unsláwe, Exon. Th. 159, 7; Gú. 923. Wígan unsláwne (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713. Hí slógon tógædere unsláwe mid wæ-acute;pnum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 375.
un-sláwlíce; adv. Not slowly, not sluggishly, actively :-- Hié sculon gehiéran ðætte is geháten ðæ-acute;m monnum ðe lustlíce and unsláwlíce læ-acute;raþ ðæt ðæt hié ðonne cunnon (qui in hoc, quod jam obtinuit, corporis vitio non tenetur), Past. 49; Swt. 381, 1.
un-sleac, -sleáw, -slit. v. un-slæc, -sláw, -silt.
un-slíped; adj. (ptcpl.) Unloosed :-- His tungan bend wearð unslýped solutum est uinculum linguae ejus, Mk. Skt. 7, 35.
un-sliten; adj. Unrent :-- Ðæt cyrtel wæs unslitten,... Cuoedon: Ne tóslíte (scindamus) ué hiá the coat was unrent ... They said: Let us not rend it, Jn. Skt. Lind. 19, 23. [Icel: ú-slitinn.]
un-slopen; adj. (ptcpl.) Unloosed :-- Æfter þúsend geárum bið Satanas unbunden ... and nú syndon Satanases bendas swýðe tóslopene (unslopene, MS. H.), Wulfst. 83, 9.
un-smeoruwig; adj. Not fatty or greasy :-- Genim unsmerigne healfne cýse, Lchdm. ii. 292, 23.
un-sméþe; adj. Not smooth, rough, uneven :-- Unsméðe scabra, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 13. Unsméðe hrægel birrus, i. 40, 25. Eoh bið útan unsméðe treów, Runic pm. Kmbl. 341, 27; Rún. 13. Tunge unsméþe, Lchdm. ii. 242, 10. Wé habbaþ hrepunge, ðæt wé magon gefrédan hwæt bið sméðe, hwæt unsméðe, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 33. His unsméðan (leprous) líces, 512, 6. Ne unsméðes wiht, Exon. Th. 199, 15; Ph. 26. Unsmoeði scabro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 24. Ðære unsméþan elefantinosa, 142, 82: 31, 8. Hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan, Shrn. 152, 1. Ða unsméþan tungan smirewan, Lchdm. ii. 238, 25. Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on unsméþum stówum, i. 160, 18. Ða unsméþan salebrosos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 25. [Unnsmeþe þurrh bannkes and þurrh græfess, Orm. 9209.]
un-sméþness, e; f. Roughness :-- Unsméðnes callositas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 36: 82, 54. Unsméþnes, 127, 55.
un-smóþe (-smóþ? but see sófte; adj.); adj. Rough :-- Unsmóþi aspera, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 15. Unsmóðe, 7, 33. v. smóþ, un-sméþe.
un-snotor, -snottor; adj. Unwise, foolish :-- Unsnotor insipiens, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 38; Zup. 62, 15: Ps. Lamb. 91, 7. Unsnoter inprudens, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 13. Se unsnotera &l-bar; se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Se unsnotera &l-bar; se dysega, 48, 11. Ðæt biþ swíþe dysig man and unsnottor on his lífe, se þe lufaþ ðás eorþlícan welan and ne lufaþ God ðe hit him eal sealde, Blickl. Homl. 195, 24. Ðú dysega man and ðú unsnottra, 49, 35. Unsnotterra insipientum, Rtl. 86, 14. Unsnoterum insipientibus, Ps. Lamb. 48, 21: L. Ælfc. C. 23; Th. ii. 352, 2.
un-snotorlíce; adv. Unwisely, imprudently; inprudenter, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 223, 15: 228, 10.
un-snotorness, e; f. Folly :-- Tó unsnotornysse ad insipientiam, Ps. Lamb. 21, 3. Þurh unsnotornesse, Wulfst. 166, 25.
un-snyterness, e; f. Folly :-- Tó unsnyternesse ad insipientiam, Ps. Spl. T. 21, 2. v. snytre.
un-snytro (-u); f. Folly :-- Gefylled mið unsnytro repleti insipientia, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 11. Hosp unwísum &l-bar; unsnytro ðú sealdest mé opprobrium insipienti dedisti me, Ps. Spl. T. 38, 12. Worda eallra unsnyttro æ-acute;r gesprecenra, Elen. Kmbl. 2567; El. 1285. Hé his selfa ne mæg for his unsnyttrum ende geþencean, Beo. Th. 3472; B. 1734: Met. 9, 11. Hé unsnytrum (foolishly, unwisely) Andreas hét áhón, Exon. Th. 260, 35; Jul. 308. Unsnyttrum, 251, 14; Jul. 145: 153, 25; Gú. 831: Elen. Kmbl.1900; El. 947.
un-soden; adj. Unsodden, unboiled :-- On unsodenan hunige, Lchdm. iii. 40, 6. Sceápes hóhscancan unsodenne, ii. 38, 8. Genim ða ylcan wyrte unsodene, i. 198, 15: Exon. Th. 488, 18; Rä. 76, 8.
un-sófte; adv. I. not at ease, in discomfort. v. sófte, II :-- Gif men férlíce wyrde unsófte, Rtl. 114, 24. II. not gently, hardly, severely :-- Hwæ-acute;r mon unsófte getilaþ on forewearde ða ádle in case severe treatment is used in the early stages of the disease, Lchdm. ii. 260, 15. Ða ðe hine unsófte ádle gebundne gesóhtun, Exon. Th. 155, l0; Gú. 858: 83, 16; Cri. 1357. Hí wrehton unsófte ealdgeníþlan, Judth. Thw. 24, 37; Jud. 228: Blickl. Homl. 203, 18. III. hardly, with difficulty, with trouble :-- Wé hit unsófte mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon vix ipsis defixa est venabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Ic ðæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, Beo. Th. 3314; B. 1655: 4287; B. 2140: Elen. Kmbl. 263; El. 132: Exon. Th. 168, 20; Gú. 1080. [Þer is þe sunfulle unsofte to beon, Misc. 91, 25. O. H. Ger. un-samfto difficulter, aegre.]
un-sóftlíce; adv. Ungently, hardly :-- Ualerianus áwéd hrýmde: 'Eálá ðú, Laurentius, unsóftlíce tíhst ðú mé gebundenne mid byrnendum racenteágum,' Homl. Th. i. 434. 7.
un-sóm, e; f. Disagreement :-- Gyf hyra æ-acute;nig wið æ-acute;nigne mon æ-acute;nige unsóme hæbbe, ðæt hé wið ðone geþingie ... Man sceal æ-acute;lce unsóme and ealle geflytu gestyllan, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 2-7.
un-sorh; adj. Without care, without anxiety, secure :-- Ðá ongeat hé þæt ðæ-acute;r wæs godcundlíc mægen ondweard, and hé ðære mildheortnesse unsorh ábád, Blickl. Homl. 217, 29.
un-sóþ, es; n. Untruth, falsehood :-- Mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 55, 16. Leáslíce híwian unsóð tó sóðe, 128, 9. Ic nelle secgan unsóð on me sylfe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 195.
un-sóþ; adj. Untrue, false :-- Unsóþe (Wright gives unseþe, but Wülcker Voc. 243, 15 unsoþe) sage (-a, Wülcker) falsa dicta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 80. [Icel. ú-sannr untrue.]
un-sóþfæst; adj. I. untruthful, unveracious :-- Ic silf geseah ðæt ðæt mé unsóþfæstran men sæ-acute;don, ðonne ða wæ-acute;ron ðe ðæt sédon ðæt wit ymb sint, Shrn. 204, 12. II. unjust, unrighteous :-- Unsóðfæstne wer virum injustum, Ps. Th. 139, 11. Wé unsóþfæste ealle wæ-acute;ron injuste egimus, 105, 6. Sóðfæst fore unsóðfæstum justus pro injustis, Rtl. 21, 32.
un-sóþfæstness, e; f. Unrighteousness, injustice :-- Unsóðfæstnys injustitia, Ps. Th. 54, 9. Ðes sóðcuoed is and unsóðfæstnise in ðæm ne is hic verax est, et injustitia in illo non est, Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 18.