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un-gleáw

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-gleáw, adj.
of persons, without understanding, without skill, not sagacious, ignorant, blind (fig.)
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  • Ungleáw

    imperitus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 55. 49.
  • Ungleu

    caecus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 14.
  • Synt gé þus ungleáwe (inprudentes)? Ne ongyte gé ðæt...?

    are ye so without understanding? Do ye not perceive that...?

    • Mk. Skt. 7, 18.
  • Ungleáwe

    inertes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 32.
  • Hit ne biþ seó ylce ádl, þeáh ðe ungleáwe lǽcas wénan ðæt ðæt seó ylce healfdeáde ádl sí,

    • Lchdm. ii. 284, 24.
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  • Wé ðæs londes ungleáwe and unwíse (

    imprudentes;

    but the Latin is not literally translated) wǽron,
    • 10, 6.
of things dull, not apt for service :
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  • -- Sweord gebrǽd gód gúðcyning, gomele láfe, ecgum ungl[e]áw (

    dull of edge;

    cf. sió ecg gewác, bát unswíðor ðonne his ðiódcyning þearfe hæfde, 5148-; B. 2577-),
    • Beo. Th. 5121
    • ;
    • B. 2564.
Etymology
[
Icel. ú-glöggr not clever.
]
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  • un-gleáw, adj.