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UN-SÓÞIAN - UN-STYRIGENDLÍC
un-sóþian. v. ge-unsóþian.
un-sóþsagol; adj. Speaking falsely, lying, mendacious :-- Unsóðsagul falsidicus vel falsiloquus, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 47. Unsóðsagol falsidicus, 76, 20. Se smið ne dorste secgan ðás gesihðe æ-acute;nigum menn, nolde beón gesewen unsóðsagul (-ol) boda, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 58.
un-spannan; p. -speónn To unclasp, unfasten :-- Unspeón exfibulat, i. exsolvit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 24. [Cf. Seint Iohan ine his iborenesse unspennede his feder tunge into prophecie, A. R. 158, 14.] v. onspannan.
un-spéd, e; f. Want, indigence, penury :-- Unspéde inopiae, Ps. Spl. 43, 27. For unspéda prae inopia, 87, 9. Ðiós of unspoed (unspoedum, Rush.) hire alle ða ðe hæfde sende haec de paenuria sua omnia quae habuit misit, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 44. [It fel to mikel unspede it turned out very unfortunate, C. M. 15420. O. Sax. un-spód disadvantage O. H. Ger. un-spuot.]
un-spédig; adj. I. without means, poor, indigent :-- Ðes and ðeós and ðis unspédige hic et haec et hoc inops, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 56; Zup. 68, 1. Gif hwylc wíf tó ðam unspédig wæ-acute;re ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte, Homl. Th. i. 140, 3. Generigende unspédigne eripiens inopem, Ps. Spl. 34, 12: Blickl. Gl. Hé geendebyrde ðone unspédigan fiscere ætforan ðam rícan cásere, Homl. Th. i. 578, 9. Eádge biðon ða ðaerfe, ðæt is unspoedge menn beati pauperes, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 3 note. Ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc, and ða unspédigan drincaþ medo, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 17. For yrmðe unspédig[ra] propter miseriam inopum, Ps. Spl. 11, 5. Ðonne ðú geseó geongran man ðonne ðú sý, and unwísran, and unspédigran, Prov. Kmbl. 31. Þeáh hý sýn on ðyson woroldsæ-acute;lþon ða unspédgestan, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 4. II. barren, poor, unproductive :-- Hió gesæ-acute;ton sorgfulre land, eard and éðyl unspédigran fremena gehwylcre, Cd. Th. 59, 12; Gen. 962. [O. H. Ger. un-spuotig.]
un-spiwol; adj. Not emetic :-- Unspiwol drenc, Lchdm. ii. 274, 11, 20. Unspiule drenceas, 170, 11.
un-sprecende; adj. Not speaking, unable to speak, without speech, speechless :-- Unsprecende cild infans vel alogos, Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 41: 73, 11: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 37; Zup. 61, 7. Hé (Christ in Simeon's arms) ðá gyt on ðære menniscnysse unsprecende wæ-acute;re, Homl. Th. i. 142, 26. Fæ-acute;ringa sáh hé niðer spræ-acute;ce benumen, and þurhwunode swá unsprecende, Chr. 1053; Erl. 186, 23. Unsprecende forneán almost speechless, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 481. Ða unsprecendan cild, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 14: 50, 15.
un-stæfwís; adj. Illiterate :-- Unstæfwís inlitterata, Germ. 393, 82.
un-stæððig; adj. I. not steady, remiss, irregular :-- Sum munuc wæs unstæððig on Godes lofsangum, Homl. Th. ii. 160, 19. II. unstable, inconstant, fickle :-- Wé sceolon fyligan úrum Heáfde fram ðissere unstæððigan worulde tó his staðelfæstan ríce, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 21. Ðises lífes gewilnung gelæ-acute;t ða unstæððian tó manegum leahtrum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 67. III. unsteady, unstaid, not sober, light, wanton :-- Wearð hé gegripen mid ðære gálnysse his unstæððigan heortan, Homl. Ass. 110, 247. Hé his sylfes geweóld on ungerípedum freódóme and unstæððigum þeáwum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13. Ða unstæððigan hleápunge ðæs mæ-acute;denes (the daughter of Herodias), Homl. Th. i. 480, 35.
un-steaððigness, e; f. I. unsteadiness, instability, inconstancy :-- Sun munuc mid gemáglícum bénum gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe ... Ðá wearð se hálga wer geháthyrt ðurh his unstæððignysse, and hét hine áweg faran, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 18. II. want of sedateness, levity, wantonness :-- Of gálnysse cumaþ ungemetegod lufu and eágena unstæððignys, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 7. Se grimlíca deófol læ-acute;rð dyrstignysse and gebringð réceleáse men on unstæððignesse wordes and weorces, Wulfst. 54, 3. Mid módes unstæððignysse, 60, 1.
un-staþolfæst; adj. I. unsettled, not remaining in one place, not stationary :-- Ða twám and þrím dagum geond missenlícra monna húsum wuniaþ, æ-acute;fre unstaþolfæste (numquam stabiles) and woriende, R. Ben. 9, 23. II. unsettled, desirous of change :-- Sum munuc wearð unstaðolfæst on his mynstre, and gewilnode ðæt hé móste of ðam munuclífe, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 14. III. not steadfast, unstable, not enduring, easily moved :-- Unstaðolfest weorc opus instabile, Kent. Gl. 369. Hí nabbaþ wyrtruman on him ac beóð unstaðolfæste non habent radicem in se sed temporales sunt, Mk. Skt. 4, 17. Understaþolfæste (unstaþolfæste? cf. ðæt ungestæððige folc, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 2) mobile vulgus, Met. 28, 69. IV. unsettled in mind, wavering :-- Ðone unstaðolfæstan bróðor and ðone tweónigendan fratrem fluctuantem, R. Ben. 51, 3. [þe twafalde mon is unstaþelfest (inconstans) on alle his weies, O. E. Homl. i. 151, 29. Unstaðeluest bileaue, A. R. 208, 16.]
un-staþolfæstness, e; f. Instability, inconstancy :-- Wolcnes pund, ðanon him wæs his módes unstaðelfæstnes geseald, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 11. Unstaðolfæstnis ðóhta instabilitas mentium. Rtl. 192, 21. Se hálga wer swíðe mid wordum ðreáde his unstaðolfæstnysse, Homl. Th. ii. 176, 17. v. preceding word.
un-stedefull; adj. Unstable, apostate :-- Mid englum unstydfullum cum angelis apostaticis, Rtl. 121, 21.
un-stedefulness, e; f. Instability; but the word glosses infestatio :-- Aelc unstydfulnis ðæs unclæ-acute;nes gástes omnis infestatio inmundi spiritus, Rtl. 122, 24. v. on-stedefullness.
un-stenc, es; m. A bad smell, stench :-- Hý mid nosan ne magon náht geswæccan bútan unstences ormæ-acute;tnesse foetor ingenti complet putredine nares, Dóm. L. 207. Niht elles gestincan búton unstenca ormæ-acute;tnessa, Wulfst. 139, 8.
un-stillan. v. ge-unstillan.
un-stille; adj. Not still, unquiet :-- Unstille inquies, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26; Zup. 52, 4. I. of motion, not at rest, moving :-- Ðæt wæter unstille æ-acute;ghwider wolde tóscríþan, ne meahte hit on him selfum æ-acute;fre gestandan, Met. 20, 92. Sund unstille, Exon. Th. 338, 14; Gn. Ex. 78. Swift wæs on fóre, dreág unstille winnende wéga, 434, 24; Rä. 52, 5. Eall ðiós unstille gesceaft, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 23. Ðæt unstille hweól (velox rota) ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden, 35, 6; Fox 168, 31. Ða unstillan woruldgesceafta, Met. 11, 19. Ðara unstillena gesceafta styring ne mæg nó weorþan gestilled, ne eác onwend of ðam ryne ðe him geset is, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 3. Ðú ðe ealle ða unstillan gesceafta tó ðínum willan ástyrast qui das cuncta moveri, 33, 4; Fox 128, 9: Met. 20, 14. II. liking movement (lit. or fig.), unquiet, restless; in a bad sense, unruly :-- Hé cwæð ðæt sió tunge wæ-acute;re unstille yfel lingua, inquietum malum, Past. 38; Swt. 281, 7. Eh byð unstyllum æ-acute;fre frófur, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 9; Rún. 19. Ða unstillan (inquietos) hé sceal þreágean, R. Ben. 13, 12. Nánwuht nis on ús unstilre and ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód nil in nobis est corde fugacius, Past. 38; Swt. 273, 11. III. unquiet, disturbed :-- Ðæt mæ-acute;den hæfde unstille niht, Ap. Th. 18, 27. IV. not at peace, troubled :-- Hé wæs fram ðam áwyrgedan gáste unstille; and swá swýþe hé hine drehte, ðæt hé his sylfes næ-acute;nig gemynd ne hæfde, Guthl. 13; Gdwin. 60, 12. [O. H. Ger. un-stilli inquiens, vacillans, inquietus.]
un-stillian. v. ge-unstillian.
un-stillness, e; f. I. absence of rest, motion :-- Unstilnis agitatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 55. II. disturbance, noisiness, clamour :-- Gif hé ðurhwunaþ cnucigeode, ðonne áríst se hírédes ealdor for ðæs óðres onhrópe, and him getíðaþ ðæs ðe hé bitt, ná for freóndræ-acute;dene, ac for his unstilnysse, Homl. Th. i. 248, 33. Læ-acute;rð ús se deófol unstilnesse and ungemetlíce hleahtras, and unnytte spræ-acute;ce, Wulfst. 233, 18. III. tumult, bustle, commotion :-- Hé ne mihte ða unstillnesse ðara onfeallendra menigeo áberan tumultus inruentium turbarum non ferret, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 32. IV. disturbance, breach of peace :-- On ðæs wífes gebæ-acute;rum oufundon ðæs cyninges þegnas ða unstilnesse (the king had been attacked and killed), Chr. 755; Erl. 50, 3. Læcedemonie hæfdon máran unstillnessa ðonne hié mægenes hæfdon Lacedaemonii, inquieti magis quam strenui, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 98, 34. V. restlessness, unruliness :-- Hé geteah ðæt hig niorwedon mid fæstenum and mid gebedum hiora líchaman unstilnesse, Shrn. 37, 3. VI. disquietude, disturbance of mind, trouble :-- Se ðe his bróðor hataþ, hé hæfð unstilnesse and swýðe drófi mód, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 16.
un-strang; adj. Not strong, weak, feeble :-- Unstrang invalidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 22: 83, 57. Heó (Judith) wæs lytel and unstrang, Homl. Ass. 114, 411. Hwæt is se intinga ðæt in þúsend manna ðé ne magon ástyrian, swá unstrang swá ðú eart? Homl. Skt. i. 9, 110. Á sceal man ðam unstrangan men líðelícor déman ðonne ðam strangan, L. C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 4. Hyra handa wæ-acute;ron unstrange hine tó ácwellanne, Shrn. 117, 31. Hé (Peter) mid his gange getácnode æ-acute;gðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum. Ðá ðá him twýnode, ðá getácnode hé ða unstrangan. Hwæt sind ða unstrangan? Ða sind unstrange ðe sláwe beóð tó gódum weorcum, Homl. Th. ii. 390, 15-25. Ðæt ða unstrangan (infirmi) ofersýmede heora þeówdóm ne forfleón, R. Ben. 121, 23. Sý fultum geseald ðám wácmódum and ðám unstrangum inbecillibus procurentur solacia, 58, 18. Hæ-acute;la ða unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 2. Ðeáh hwá anweald hæbbe, gif óþer hæfþ máran, beþearf se unstrengra åæs strengran fultumes si quid est, quod in ulla re imbecillioris valentiae sit, in hoc praesidio necesse est egeat alieno, Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 18. Hwæt is unstrengre ðonne se mon ðe bið tó ungemetlíce oferswíþed mid ðam tédran flæ-acute;sce, 36, 6; Fox 182, 3: Homl. Th. ii. 370, 16. Óþ ðæt hié (inflammations) unstrangran weorþan, Lchdm. ii. 178, 14. Hú ne miht ðú geseón æ-acute;lce dæge ðæt ða strengran nimaþ ða welan of ðám unstrengrum, Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 15. v. strang, and next word.
un-strenge; adj. Weak :-- Paulus cwæð: 'Wé strange sceolon beran ðæra unstrengra byrðene' debemus nos firmiores imbecillitates infirmorum sustinere (Rom. 15, 1), Homl. Th. ii. 390, 26. v. strenge.
un-stydfull. v. un-stedefull.
un-styri[g]ende; adj. Not moving, unmoving, stationary :-- Monige sint cwucera gesceafta unstyriende, swá scylfiscas sint ... Ða styriendan nétenu habbaþ eall ðæt ða unstyriendan habbaþ, and eác máre tó ... For ðæm sint ðás sceafta ðus gesceapene ðæt ða unstyriendan hí ne áhebben ofer ða styriendan, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 20-31.
un-styrigendlíc; adj. Not to be stirred, not to be carried :-- Byrðenna unstyrendelíco onera inportabilia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4.