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UN-WÆSTMBERENDNESS - UN-WEORÞ
un-wæstmberendness, e; f. Barrenness, sterility :-- Mé míne fýnd áscufon fram ðære hálgan onsegdnysse for mínre unwæstmberendnysse, Homl. Ass. 126, 329.
un-wæstmfæst; adj. Barren, sterile :-- Unwæstmfæst ðara godcundra mægena, Blickl. Homl. 163, 6.
un-wæstmfæstness, e; f. Barrenness, sterility :-- Sóna seó unwæstmfæstnes fram him fleáh, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17.
un-wæterig; adj. Without water, dry :-- On unwæterium inaquoso, Ps. Lamb. 62, 3. On unwæterige stówe, 77, 17. Þurh unwæterige (-wæterie) stówa per loco inaquosa, Lk. Skt. 11, 24.
un-wandiende; adj. Unhesitating :-- Ða ðe unwandiende ðara scyldegena gyltas ofslógen qui delinquentium scelera incunctanter ferirent, Past. 49; Swt. 381, 25.
un-warnod; adj. Unwarned :-- Gif preóst óðerne unwarnode læ-acute;te ðæs ðe hé wite ðæt him hearmian wille, L. N. P. L. 33; Th. ii. 294, 25.
un-wealt; adj. Not given to roll, steady :-- Ða scipu wæ-acute;ron æ-acute;gðer ge swiftran, ge eác unwealtran, ge eác hiéran ðonne ða óðru, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 14 (v. note, p. 320). v. wiltan.
un-wearnum; adv. Without hindrance :-- Hé slæ-acute;pendne rinc slát unwearnum, Beo. Th. 1487; B. 741: Exon. Th. 309, 27; Seef. 63. v. wearn.
un-weaxen; adj. Not grown up, young :-- Him be healfe stód hyse unweaxen, cniht on gecampe, Byrht. Th. 136, 17; By. 152. Cild unweaxen, Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 5. Ðus mé fæder mín unweaxenne (when a boy) wordum læ-acute;rde, Elen. Kmbl. 1055; El. 529. Se eorl wolde sleán eaferan sínne unweaxenne (Isaac), Cd. Th. 204, 1; Exod, 412. Isaac bearn unweaxen, 173, 34; Gen. 2871. Hé hét ealle árísan geonge ... Ðá upp ástódon eaforan unweaxne, Andr. Kmb1. 3252; An. 1629.
un-weder, es; n. Bad weather, tempest :-- Nú cweðaþ sume men ðæt se móna hine wende be ðan ðe hit wuderian sceal on ðam mónðe; ac hine ne went næ-acute;fre náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde is, Lchdm. iii. 268, 4. Ðæ-acute;r ne cymð storm ne nán unweder ðæt ðam corne derie, Homl. Th. i. 526, 30. Heálíc ungelimp, unwæstm oððon unweder, Wulfst. 170, 1. Hí synd geneádode mid stormum ðæs unwederes (-wedres, MS. F.) tempestatibus acti, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Zup. 260, 12. Hé geðreáde ðæt wind and hroeðnise &l-bar; unwoeder ðæs wætres increpavit ventum et tempestatem aquae, Lk. Skt. Lind. 8, 24: p. 5, 18. Eów unwæstm þurh unweder gelóme gelimpeþ, Wulfst. 133, 7. Ús unwedera for oft weóldan unwæstma, 159, 12. Eall ðæt geár wæs swíðe hefigtýme on unwæderum, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 9. [Unweder (the plague of hail), Gen. and Ex. 3058. Icel. ú-veðr bad weather, storm.] v. un-geweder, un-widere.
unweder-líce; adv. In a way that indicates bad weather, threateningly :-- Tó dæg hit byð hreóh weder; ðeós lyft scínð unwederlíce hodie tempestas, rutilat enim triste coelum, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.
un-wegen; adj. Unweighed :-- Ðera óðera wyrta æ-acute;lces healues penincges gewihta, and vi pipercorn unwegen, Lchdm. i. 376, 7.
un-wemlíc; adj. Spotless, pure, virgin :-- Mid ðam unwemlícan cæ-acute;gan virgineo clave, Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 75.
un-wemme; adj. I. of concrete objects, spotless, without blemish, without defect, uninjured :-- Lamb unwemme agnus absque macula, Ex. 12, 5: Lev. 9, 2, 3. Se æþela wong æ-acute;ghwæs onsund wið ýðfare gehealden stód hreóra wæ-acute;ga unwemme ille locus, cum diluvium mersisset fluctibus orbem, exsuperavit aquas, Exon. Th. 200, 25; Ph. 46. Hé eft mid his unwemmum líchaman hine gegyrede, Blickl. Homl. 89, 35. Hé gelæ-acute;dde ðæt folc ealle unwemme ofer ða Reádan sæ-acute; he led the people all of them uninjured over the Red Sea, Btwk. 196, 2. II. of abstract objects, uninjured, inviolate :-- Cyninges handgrið stande unwemine, L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 21 (cp. L. Eth. vi. 14; Th. i. 318, 25). Godes cyrican wé sculan æ-acute;fre lufian and næ-acute;fre derian wordes ne weorces, ac griðian hý symle and healdan unwemme, Wulfst. 67, 17. Hí eodon of ðam fýre feorh unwemme, Exon. Th. 197, 7; Az. 186. III. in a moral sense, undefiled, pure, immaculate, perfect :-- For ðí ic weorðe unwemme (immaculatus) beforan him, Ps. Th. 17, 23: 18, 12. Sié heorte mín unwemme, Ps. Surt. 118, 80. Se Hæ-acute;lend betwux synfullum unwemme fram æ-acute;lcere synne ðurhwunode, Homl. Th. i. 356, 14. On unwemmum (ðæm unwemman, Surt.) wege in via immaculata, Ps. Th. 100, 1. Unwemne weg, Ps. Surt. 17, 33. Flæ-acute;sc unwemme, Exon. Th. 26, 18; Cri. 418. Hié scoteden ðone unwemman, Ps. Surt. 63, 5. Unwemme synt ðíne wegas impolluta via ejus, Ps. Th. 17, 29. Ða ðe unwemme (immaculati) on hiora Dryhtnes æ-acute; gangaþ, 118, 1. Weagas unwemra, Ps. Surt. 36, 18. Unwæmme, Ps. Th. 17, 31. Ðæt wé úrne líchaman and úre sáwle swá unwemme him ágeofan on dómes dæg, swá hé hine æ-acute;r gesceóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 22. II a. of virginity, pure, immaculate :-- Unwemme immunis (carnali spurcitia, Ald. 21), Hpt. Gl. 442, 5: Homl. Skt. i. 7, 59. Fram unwemre fæ-acute;mnan ácenned, Blickl. Homl. 167, 21. Æt Sancta Maria ðære unwemman fæ-acute;mnan, 105, 20. Heó lufode ðone Hæ-acute;lend ðe hí heóld unwemme, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 18: Exon. Th. 19, 13; Cri. 300. Uuwemme immunes, incontaminati, Hpt. Gl. 447, 43. Hér syndon inne unwemme twá dohtor míne, ne can ðara idesa ówðer gieta þurh gebedscipe beorna neáwest, Cd. Th. 148, 30; Gen. 2864. [Goth. un-wamms sine macula, immaculatus: O. Sax. idis un-wamma; acc.] v. next word.
un-wemmed; adj. Unspotted, undefiled, immaculate :-- Ðú wæ-acute;re symle fæ-acute;mne oncnáwen, and ðínne líchaman hæbbende clæ-acute;ne and unwemmed (-wæmme, MS. G.), Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 437. On wege unwæmmedum in via immaculata, Ps. Spl. 100, 1, 7. Unuoemedo immaculatam, Rtl. 104, 18. [A. R. Orm. Ps. Chauc. un-wemmed.]
un-wemming, e; f. Incorruption, immortality :-- Ðám unwemmincge sécendum his incorruptionem quaerentibus (Romans 2, 7), Scint. 41, 10.
un-wemness, e; f. Purity :-- Ðæt ða clæ-acute;nan and ða unwemman hira clæ-acute;nnysse and hiora unwemnysse forð gehióldan, Homl. Ass. 207, 422. [Cf. Goth. un-wammei sinceritas.]
un-wendness. v. ge-unwendness.
un-wéne; adj. I. hopeless, not having hope or expectation. Cf. or-wéne :-- Wæs ðæ-acute;r án cnapa geæ-acute;ttrod þurh næddran, swíðe tóswollen þurh ðæs wyrmes siege, unwéne his lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7. Hé gehæ-acute;lde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 103. Hé fond hlingendne, fúsne on forðsíþ, freán unwénne, Exon. Th. 171, 4; Gú. 1121. II. not hoped for, unexpected :-- Gyf him þince ðæt hé æt forðgewitenum men áhtes onfó, of unwénum (ex improvise; v. ungewéned) hym cymeþ gestreón, Lchdm. iii, 170, 7. Forðon hiá unwoene (unwoen, Linda) sint mæhte in him propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo, Mk. Skt, Rush. 6, 14. [Icel. ú-vænn hopeless, not to be expected. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-wán desperatio.]
un-wéned; adj. Unhoped for, unexpected :-- Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa næ-acute;niges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit, Nar. 19, 23. On unwénedum forþsíþe hé beóð gegripene inprouiso exitu rapiuntur, Scint. 181, 12. v. un-gewéned.
un-wénlíc; adj. Not giving grounds for hope, unpromising :-- Ðá ðú ðé selfum ðúhtest unwénlíc when you did not seem to yourself to have much chance of success; cum esses parvulus in oculis tuis, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 9. Hié oft gebidon on lytlum staþole and on unwénlícum (a slight foundation and one that gave little hopes of success), Ors. 4, 9; Swt, 192, 34. Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære gódan wyrde, ðe oft cymþ tó gódum monnum on ðisse worulde, hweðer ðis folc mæge cweþan ðæt hit sié yfel wyrd? ... Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære unwénlícran wyrde ðe oft þriétaþ ða yflan tó wítnianne, hwæðer ðis folc wéne ðæt ðæt gód wyrd sié? quid vero jucunda fortuna, quae in praemium tribuitur bonis, num vulgus malam esse decernit? ... quid reliqua, quae, cum sit aspera, justo supplicio malos coercet, num bonam populus putat? Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24 note. [Magað unwánlík, Hél. 4959. Icel. ú-vænligr leaving little hope of success.]
un-wénunga; adv. Unexpectedly :-- Men cwæ-acute;don ðonne him hwæt unwénunga gebyrede, ðæt ðæt wæ-acute;re weás gebyred, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 4. [Goth. un-wéniggó repentine.]
un-weód, es; n. A noxious weed (lit. or metaph.) :-- Seó eorðe ús winð wið, ðonne heó forwyrneþ eorðlíces wæstmes and ús unweóda tó fela ásendeþ, Wulfst. 92, 19. Man sceal æ-acute;lc unriht mid rihte bétan and unweód áweódian and gód sæ-acute;d áræ-acute;ran, 73, 2.
un-weorclíc; adj. Unsuitable for work :-- Seó niht hafaþ seofon tódæ-acute;lednyssa ... seó feórðe is intempestivum, ðæt ys mid niht oððe unworclíc tíma, Anglia viii. 319, 30.
un-weorþ, -wurþ, -wyrþ, -wierþe, -wyrþe; adj. I. of no value :-- Mid deórwyrþum reáfum ne beóþ hý gescrýdde, ac mid unweorþum, R. Ben. 137, 9. Ðæt heora heortan mid wácum mettum and unweorþum ne sýn ofersýmede, 138, 11. II. of no dignity, little esteemed :-- Gif munuc eáðhylde bið, þeáh hine man wácne and unweorðne talige si omni vilitate contentus sit monachus, R. Ben. 29, 3, 6. Gif munuc hine sylfne ýttran and unweorðran talaþ ðonne æ-acute;nigne óþerne si omnibus se inferiorem et viliorem credat, 29, 11. Æt ðæm feórðan cirre hié sendon Hannan heora ðone unweorðestan þegn, and hé hit ábæd novissime Annonis, minimi hominis inter legatos, oratione meruerunt, Ors. 4, 7; Swt. 182, 13. Nime gé ða ðe unweorþuste sién them who are least esteemed (1 Cor. 6, 4), Past. 18; Swt. 131, 7. III. unworthy, not of sufficient merit :-- Ic ðone hád underhnág, ðeáh ðe ic unwyrþe wæ-acute;re quamvis indignus consensi, Bd, 4, 2; S. 566, 8. Nemne God mé earmum and unwyrþum (misero mihi et indigno) gemildsian wylle, 3, 13; S. 538, 35. Sum ungesceádwís man hine sylfne áhéng ... Martinus hine unwurðne of deáðe áræ-acute;rde, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 1. III a. with gen. of that of which one is unworthy :-- Ðý læs æ-acute;nig láreówdóm underfón durre ðara ðe his unwierðe sié ne temerare sacra regimina, quisquis his impar, audeat, Past. 3; Swt. 33, 8. Ic am unwyrðe micles hérnisse ego sum indignus tanti officii, Rtl. 98, 16. Mánsceaða, feores unwyrðe, Exon. Th. 95, 27; Cri. 1563, Saul æ-acute;resð fleáh ðæt ríce and tealde hine selfne his suíðe unwierðne (indignum se prius considerans), Past. 3; Swt. 35, 18. Ðú hine ongeáte unweorþne ðæs anwealdes, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 18. Hié woldon selfe fleón ða byrðenne suá micelre scylde, ða ðe his unwierðe wæ-acute;ron indigni quique tanti reatus pondera fugerent, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 15. Hié woldon habban gódne hlísan, þeáh hí his unwyrþe sién, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 26. Gif anweald becymþ tó ðam men ðe his ealra unweorþost biþ, 16, 1; Fox 48, 34. IV. worthless, bad, contemptible, despicable, ignoble :-- Hwæþer ðé þynce unweorþ and unmæ-acute;rlíc seó gegaderung? obscurum hoc atque ignobile censes esse? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 29. Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20. Unwurð scop tragicus vel comicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 9. Unweorþe scopas tragedi vel comedi, 39, 39. Hí syndon æ-acute;wisce on líchoman and unweorðe sunt publicato corpore et inhonesto, Nar. 38, 13. Sume habbaþ bearn genóge, ac ða beóþ yfele and unweorþ alius prole laetatus, filii filiaeve delictis moestus illacrymat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 9. Geþenc nú hwæþer æ-acute;nig mon beó á ðý unweorþra ðe hine manige men forsióþ. Gif ðonne æ-acute;nig mon á ðý unweorþra biþ, ðonne biþ æ-acute;lc dysi man ðe unweorþra ðe hé máre ríce hæfþ æ-acute;lcum. wísum men ... Se anweald ne mæg his wealdend gedón nó ðý weorþron, ac hé hine gedéþ ðý unweorþran (wyrsan, Bod. MS.) si eo abjectior est, quo magis a pluribus quisque contemnitur,... despectiores potius improbos dignitas facit, 27, 2; Fox 98, 8-14. Se eallra wyrresta and se eallra unweorþesta mon pessimus, 14, 3; Fox 46, 21. IV a. with dat. of person by whom one is considered worthless :-- Xersis wearþ his ágenre þeóde swíþe unweorþ Xerxes contemtibilis suis factus, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 84, 23. Æ-acute;lcum witum láþ and unweorþ omnibus invisus, Bt. 28; Fox l00, 28: Met. 15, 6. Se ídela gylp ús beó æ-acute;fre unwurð (-wyrð, MS. U.), Hornl. Skt. i. 16, 367. Philippus him dyde heora wíg unweorð Philip made light of their fighting power, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 3. Bisceopun gebyreþ, ðæt hí æ-acute;ghwylc gefleard heom unwyrð læ-acute;tan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 28. Romulus and ealle Rómware óþerum folcum unweorðe wæ-acute;ron, Ors. 2, 2; Swt: 66, 16. V. ignominious, dishonouring :-- Mid ealre ðare unwurð[r]este scame beó hé gescænt ignominiosissima confusione subsannetur, Chart. Th. 318, 34. [Unwurð of no value, A. R. 94, 4. Uvel strengþe is lutel wurþ, Ac wisdom ne wurþ never unwurþ, O. and N. 770. Crist wass unnwurrþ (little esteemed), Orm. 16163. He bið unwurþ, þe mon þe litul ah, Laym. 3464. Þu maht to þi were iwurðen þe unwurðere, H. M. 33, 12. Yhealde for uyl and onworþ, Ayenb. 132, 24. O. H. Ger. un-werd ignobilis, contemtibilis, obscurus, dejectus: Icel. ú-verðr unworthy.]