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un-æþele

  • adjective
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un-æþele, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
of persons, not noble,
as regards birth
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  • Geðence hé simle, sié suá æðele suá unæðele,

    • Past. 14
    • ;
    • Swt. 85, 15.
  • Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óþre men for eówrum gebyrdum, nú gé nánne ne magon métan unæþelne, ac ealle sint emnæðele, gif gé willaþ ðone fruman sceaft geþencan,

    • Bt. 30, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 110, 16: Met. 17, 17
    • .
  • Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac hí beóþ mid wædle ofþrycte, ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt hí wǽran unæþele ðonne swá earme,

    • Bt. 11, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 32, 1.
  • Æþele and unæþele

    nobiles, ignobiles,

    • Bd. 5, 7
    • ;
    • S. 621, 14.
  • Ge æþele ge unæþele

    tam nobiles quam privati,

    • 5, 23
    • ;
    • S. 647, 7.
  • Frige and þeówe, æðele and unæðele,

    • Ap. Th. 12, 20.
  • Unaeðilra (-sa, MS., aedilra, Ep. Erf.)

    gregariorum,

    • Txts. 67, 993.
  • Unæþelra,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 7.
  • Leófre mé is ðæt hé (the king) mé tó deáþe gesylle ðonne unæþelra (ignobilior ) man,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 513, 27.
as regards character
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  • Wæs se cyning æþelre gebyrde ðeáh ðe hé on dǽde unæþele wǽre

    erat rex natu nobilis quamlibet actu ignobilis,

    • Bd. 2, 15
    • ;
    • S. 518, 37.
  • Ǽlc mon ðe allunga underþeóded biþ unþeáwum ... wyrþ anæþelad óþ ðæt hé wyrþ unæþele (

    degener

    ),
    • Bt. 30, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 110, 22: Met. 17, 28.
of things, ignoble, mean, infamous
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  • Unæþelre ádle

    degeneri languore,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 33.
  • Mid ðý unæþelan gidde

    cum infami eulogio,

    • 87, 40: 19, 16: 137, 42.
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  • un-æþele, adj.