A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Unstoken, _part._ == unfastened. Alys. 2682
Unstrength, _sb._ == weakness. O. and N. 151
Unstrong, _adj._ O. and N. 561
Unswere, _v. a._ == free from oppression. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol.
i. p. 22
Unthank, _sb._ gen. abs. ‘unthank his’ == against his will. Body and Soul,
215. Cf. ‘his thonkes,’ &c. _s. v._ Thonk. AS. unþanc; and see the Gloss.
to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._ Unthanc
Untheand, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 9. AS. þewian
Unthenfol, _adj._ == unthankful. Pol. S. 159
Unthewe, _sb._ == bad manners, vice. Wright’s L. P. p. 73. O. and N. 194.
AS. unþeáw
Untholandlik, _adj._ == unendurable. Ps. cxxiii. 5. AS. þólian
Untid, _sb._ == unfitness, that which is unseasonable, or wrong. Body and
Soul, 43. AS. untíd
Untie, _v. n._ == become untied [untuen]. Wright’s L. P. p. 101
Untilled, _adj._ RG. 372
Untime, _sb._ == wrong time. Manuel des Pecches, 2965
Untiȝth, _sb._ == lit. want of discipline; hence wrong, wickedness. Body
and Soul, 107. AS. tyht
Untoun, _adj._ == lit. ‘not suited to the town;’ hence, rude, uncivil.
Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Untrue, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Untrueness, _sb._ == wickedness. M. Ode, 135
Unused, _adj._ RG. 214
Unwarned, _adj._ == undefended. RG. 51
Unwate, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1265, 1196. AS. hwatu, auguries;
hence, unhwatu, bad auguries, misfortune
Unwater, _v. a._ == give out water. Ps. lxxvii. 20
Unwatery, _adj._ Ps. lxii. 3
Unwelde, _sb._ == weakness. Ps. lxx. 9
Unwemmed, _adj._ == unspotted, undefiled. Ps. xviii. 8
Unwight, _sb._ == wretch. O. and N. 33, 218
Unwill, _adj._ == desirable. O. and N. 347. AS. onwill
Unwill, _adj._ == unpleasant. O. and N. 422. AS. unwilla
Unwisdom, _sb._ Ps. xxi. 3; lxviii. 6
Unwise, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 101. Pol. S. 153
Unwitandnes, _sb._ == ignorance. Ps. xxiv. 7
Unworshiply, _adv._ Manuel des Pecches, 980
Unworth, _sb._ 654 B.
---- _adj._ 653 B.
Unworthy, _adj._ RG. 412. O. and N. 339
Unwraste, _adj._ == weak, wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. Alys. 878;
[unwerste]. O. and N. 178. AS. unwrest. ON. hres, spirited; óhres,
languid, weak. See the Gloss. to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._
Unwre, _v. a._ == discover. RG. 508. See Unwreon
Unwrench, _sb._ == trick, evil design. O. and N. 169. Rel. S. v. 94. AS.
unwrenc
Unwreon, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 336; part. ‘unwreȝe.’ O. and N. 846
Unwrought [unwroȝten], _adj._ == undone, destroyed. O. and N. 162
Unwunne, _sb._ == sorrow. Wright’s L. P. p. 47
Up, == upon; prep. RG. 321, 437
---- _adv._ RG. 143
Upbear, _v. a._ Alys. 5163; part. ‘upborn.’ Ps. cxxx. 1
Upbraid, _v. a._ 1784 B.
Upbraiding, _sb._ Ps. xxxviii. 9
Updraw, _v. a._ Alys. 2633
Upe. See Upon
Upfeng, _v. a._ == take up; pret. ‘upfang.’ Ps. cxvii. 13
Upheave, _v. a._ == lift up. Ps. iii. 4; part. ‘uphoven.’ Ps. lxxiv. 11
---- _v. n._ == rise. Ps. vii. 7
Upland, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 1318
Uplift, _v. a._ Ps. lxxxvii. 16
Upon, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [upe]. RG. 505, 506
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