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un-spédig

  • adjective
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un-spédig, adj.
without means, poor, indigent
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  • 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 wǽre ðæt heó ðás ðing begytan ne mihte,

    • Homl. Th. i. 140, 3.

  • Generigende unspédigne

    eripiens inopem,

    • Ps. Spl. 34, 12: Blickl. Gl.

  • Hégeendebyrde 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 woroldsǽlþon ða unspédgestan,

    • Ors. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 4.
barren, poor, unproductive
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  • Hió gesǽton sorgfulre land, eard and éðyl unspédigran fremena gehwylcre,

    • Cd. Th. 59, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 962.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. un-spuotig.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-spédig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33779.

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