This is page 1137 of An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary by Bosworth and Toller (1898)

This online edition was created by the Germanic Lexicon Project.

Click here to go to the main page about Bosworth/Toller. (You can download the entire dictionary from that page.)
Click here to volunteer to correct a page of this dictionary.
Click here to search the dictionary.

This page was generated on 13 Mar 2021. The individual pages are regenerated once a week to reflect the previous week's worth of corrections, which are performed and uploaded by volunteers.

The copyright on this dictionary is expired. You are welcome to copy the data below, post it on other web sites, create derived works, or use the data in any other way you please. As a courtesy, please credit the Germanic Lexicon Project.

UN-WEORÞE - UN-WILLA

un-weorþe; adv. Unworthily :-- Unwyrðe indigne, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 14: 14, 4. Gif hé ðæs hálgan húsles unwurðe onbyrigð, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 5. [Cf. Goth. un-wairþaba unworthily.]

un-weorþian; p. ode. I. to dishonour, disgrace :-- Hú ne unweorþast ðú ðé selfne, ðæt ðú winsð wiþ ðam hláfordscipe ðe ðú self gecure? Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 29. Seó cwén, ðe ðín word forseah, ne unwurðode ðé æ-acute;nne, ac ealle ðíne ealdormenn non solum regem laesit regina, sed et omnes principes (Esther 1, 16), Homl. Ass. 93, 53. Gé unworðadun mec uos inhonoratis me, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 49. Ðæt hé God ne unwurðige, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 86. Ðæt man unweorðige ða ðe godcunde láre wyrdan, Wulfst. 168, 7. Unweorðian dehonestare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 15: 26, 40. Ða swelcan monn sceal unweorðian mid æ-acute;lcre unweorðnesse sine dedignatione dedignandi sunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Forsewen and geunwurþod, Homl. Th. i. 24, 4. II. to become dishonoured :-- Unwurðiaþ vilescunt, Hpt. Gl. 462, 53. Unwurðie vilescat, 420, 13. [We unwurðeð ure Drihten, wurðeð þe deuel, O. E. Homl. ii. 181, 29. He sharneþþ þe and unnwssrrþeþþ, Orm. 18285. To onworþi, Ayenb. 22; 18. Icel. ú-virða to slight.] v. ge-unweorþian.

un-weorþlíc; adj. I. of little value or importance, humble :-- Ða hláfordas and ða recceras scoldon ðencean ymb ðæt hélícuste and ða underðióddan scoldon dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. II. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor :-- Hié lange wæ-acute;ron ðæt dreógende æ-acute;r heora áðer mehte on óþrum sige geræ-acute;can, æ-acute;r Alexander late unweorðlícne sige (a by no means famous victory) geræ-acute;hte commissoque praelio diu anceps pugna tandem tristem pene victoriam Macedonibus dedit, Ors, 3, 9; Swt. 134, 8. III. ignoble, disgraceful, infamous :-- Mid ðý unæþelan gydde vel unweorþlícan cum infami eulogio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 43. God ða mæ-acute;stan ofermétto geniðrode mid ðære bismerlícestan wrace and ðære unweorðlícostan (tormenta turpia), Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 5. [&yogh;if þu art unwurðlich (of little account), H. M. 33, 1I. Þe man þoleþ þet he by uoulliche ydra&yogh;e, and ase person onworþlych (v. unweorþ, II), Ayenb. 132, 35. Icel. ú-virðiligr contemptible.]

un-weorþlíce; adv. I. unworthily, in an unsuitable manner :-- Him is micel ðearf ðæt hié geornlíce geðencen ðæt hié tó unweorþlíce ne dæ-acute;len ðæt him befæsð bið necesse est, ut sollicite perpendant, ne commissa indigne distribuant, Past. 44; Swt. 321, 14. Unwurðlíce, Cd. Th. 28, 23; Gen.440. II. with indignity, with contempt, ignominiously :-- Hé wearð self unweorðlíce ofslagen Domitianus interfectus est; cujus cadaver ignominiosissime sepultum est, Ors. 6, 9; Swt. 264, 15. Hé heora æ-acute;rendracan swá unweorðlíce forseah, ðæt hé heora self onseón nolde legatos ad se missos injuriosissime etiam a conspectu suo abstinuit, 4, 8; Swt.186, 7: 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3. Hí heóldon ðæt gold unwurðlíce they held the gold in contempt, Homl. Th. i. 326, 24. III. with indignation :-- Ðá se Hæ-acute;lend hí geseah unwurðlíce (-weorð-, MS. A.) hé hit forbeád quos cum uideret Iesus indigne tulit, Mk. Skt. 10, 14, Sume hit unwurðlíce (-weorð-, MS. A.) forbæ-acute;ron erant quidem indigne ferentes, 14, 4. [Unworthly þou wroght ... when þou was bowne with a brande my body to shende, Alex. (Skt.) 869. O. H. Ger. un-werdlícho indifferenter, indigne: Icel. ú-virðiliga scornfully.]

un-weorþness, e; f. Indignity, contempt, disgrace :-- Mid unweorðnesse dedignatione, Past. 37; Swt. 265, 18. Hé his ríce mid micellre unweorðnesse and mid micelre uniéðnesse gehæfde, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 276, 1. Hé his onféng mid micelre unweorðnesse a quo arrogantissime exceptus est, 6, 30; Swt. 280,12. Ða wón wyrd æ-acute;gþer ge on ðara unrihtwísra anwealda heánesse, ge on mínre unwurþnesse and foreseuwenesse, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 10, 22. [Onworþnesse (despit) is wel grat zenne, Ayenb. 19, 35. O. H. Ger. un-werdnissa contempt.]

un-weorþscipe, es; m. I. dishonour, disgrace :-- Hweþer ðú nú mæge ongitan hú micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ ðam unmedeman? videsne quantum malis dedecus adjiciant dignitates? Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 9. II. indignation :-- Ierre and unweorðscipe ira et indignatio, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 10. v. next word.

un-weorþung, e; f. I. disgrace, shame :-- Sýn gescrýdde mid gescendnysse and unwurþunge ðe yfel sprecaþ ofer mé, Ps. Spl. 34, 30. II. indignation :-- Hit bið unnyt ðæt mon unweorðunga forlæ-acute;te frustra indignatio tollitur, Past. 33; Swt. 222, 12. [Icel. ú-virðing disgrace.]

un-wered; adj. Unprotected :-- Wit baru standaþ unwered wæ-acute;do; nys unc wuht beforan tó scúrsceade, Cd. Th. 50, 21; Gen. 812.

un-wérig; adj. Not weary, fresh :-- Æt níxtan wurdon hí ealle geteorode, and hé ána unwérig him æfter fyligde, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 34. Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8. Hé hét ðæt mon ðæt fæsten bræ-acute;ce and on fuhte dæges and nihtes, simle án legie after óþerre unwérig cum alias aliis legiones dies noctesque succedere sine requie cogeret, Ors. 5, 11; Swt. 238, 9.

un-werod; adj. Not sweet :-- Wæter ðý unwerodre tó drincanne, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 19.

un-widere, es; n. Bad weather, tempest :-- Ús unwidera weoldon unwæstma, Wulfst. 129, 4: 159, 12 note. [O. H. Ger. un-witari tempestas.] v. un-weder, -gewidere.

un-widlod; adj. Unpolluted :-- Unwidlad inpollutus, Rtl. 90, 34.

un-wil[l], es; n, Absence of good will, dislike, despite, repugnance, reluctance; the genitive, with adverbial force, against one's will, not willingly, without one's consent, without intention, involuntarily, is (almost) the only case used. (1) alone :-- Gif hé hit dide unwilles si praeter voluntatem id fecerit, L. Ecg. P. ii. 1; Th. ii. 182, 13. Unwilles wé magon forleósan ða hwílwendlícan gód, ac wé ne forleósaþ næ-acute;fre unwilles ða écan gód, Homl. Th. i. 576, 7-9: Hexam. 17; Norm. 26, 3. Gif ðú mé unwilles gewemman dést, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 90. Hé ðæ-acute;r wunode ða niht unwilles, se ðe sylfwilles nolde, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 13: L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 21. (2) with pronouns :-- Þeáh ðú mé geoffrige mínes unwilles, ic beó þeáh unscyldig, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 87. Hire unwilles invita ipsa, L. Ecg. P. ii. 15, tit.; Th. ii, 180, 27. Heó wæs hire unwilles fram him ab eo invita aberat, 15; Th. ii. 186, 29. Heora unwilles, L. Edg. S. 2; Th, i. 274, 5. [Ich mot nede, ant neoðeles min unwil hit is to don al þ-bar; ti wil is, Marh. 13, 3. Ha wes him ihondsald þah hit hire unwil were, Jul. 7, 12. Heo wes ihondsald al hire unwilles, 6, 5.] v. next word.

un-willa, an; m. What displeases, displeasure, what is not desired :-- Nafa ðú tó yfel ellen, ðeáh ðé sum unwilla on becume; oft brincð se woruld ðone willan ðe bið eft, Prov. Kmbl. 40. Hé drýhð deófles willan and Godes unwillan, Wulfst. 12, 13. ¶ the word occurs mostly in dat. (sing. or pl.) with adverbial force, unwillan, unwillum against one's will, unwillingly, not voluntarily, without one's consent, in despite of one. (1) alone :-- Se ðe monnan nédes ofslóge, oððe unwillum, L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 22. Hí sealdon unwillum áþas, Met. 1, 24. Ród ðe ic unwillum on beom gefæstnad, óðer ðe ic gestág willum mínum, Exon. Th. 91, 12; Cri. 1491: 360, 11; Wal. 4. Se ðe mid his willan bið besmiten ... Se ðe onwillan (invitus) bið besmiten, L. Ecg. C. 5; Th, ii. 138, 7. (2) with pronouns :-- Ðec ðín sáwl sceal mínum unwillan (-willum, Soul Kmbl. 125) oft gesécan, Exon. Th. 370, 22; Seel. 63. Ic áscige ðé, forhwí ðú ðæt ríce ðínum unwillan (-willum, Cott. MS.) forléte? Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 14. Sæ-acute;ton ða Gotan on lande, sume be ðæs cáseres willan, sume his unwillan, Ors. 6, 38; Swt. 298, 5. Hé for ðam ege his unwillum ðonan wende, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 8. Nis nán syn þeáh man his unwillum blódes byrige of his tóðum, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 27. Úre gást biþ swíþe wíde farende úrum unwillum (independently of our will), Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 4. Godes anweald næ-acute;re full eádiglíc, gif ða gesceafta hiora unwillum him hérden, 35, 4; Fox 160, 19: Ps. Th. 44, 16: Ors. 6, 13 tit.; Swt. 6, 3. Heora bégra unwyllum, Shrn, 204, 6. [He wuneð on wanrede and þoleð his unwille, O. E. Homl. ii. 123, 6. O. Sax. un-willeo :-- An Godes unwilleon, Hél. 2460. O. H. Ger. un-willo nausea; sínen unwillen against his will: Icel. ú-vili, at úvilja eins against one's will.] v. preceding word.