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un-eáðe

  • adverb
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Grammar
un-eáðe, adv.
where a thing is not easily done, with difficulty
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  • Se weliga uneáþe (-eáðe, Lind.) gǽþ in heofuna ríce

    dives difficule intrabit in regnum coelorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 23.
  • Swíðe uneáðe (-eáða, Lind.) ł hefige,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 10, 23: Lk. Skt. Lind. 18, 24.
  • uneáðe áwæig com, and him ðǽr micel forférde,

    • Chr.1052
    • ;
    • Erl. 181, 18.
  • Swíðe strang gyld, ðæt man hit uneáðe ácom,

    • 1040
    • ;
    • Erl. 166, 21.
  • Ða lufe mon mæg swíðe uneáþe oððe ná forbeódan,

    • Bt. 35, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 170, 11.
  • Ongit hé swá micle máran sige on him selfum swá hé uniéð wiðstód

    he will feel so much greater victory in himself as he had greater difficulty in withstanding,

    • Past. 52
    • ;
    • Swt. 407, 26.
  • Ðisse ádle fruman mon mæg ýþelíce gelácnian ... and æfter unéð, gif hió bið unwíslíce tó lange forlǽten,

    • Lchdm. ii. 232, 17.
  • Cumaþ æalle tó ánum hláforde, sume ǽð sume unéð,

    • Shrn. 187, 15.
where a thing is not easily borne, grievously, hardly
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  • Sume uneáþe gedrycnede (gedrehte, MS. C.) áweg cóman

    turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque pestilentia dimiserit,

    • Ors. 3, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 102, 10.
  • Ríc heofna uneáðe geðolas

    regnum caelorum vim patitur,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 12.
where a thing is not readily done, unwillingly, hardly
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  • Ðá geþafedon ðæt uneáþe ða his gesacan

    quod cum adversarii inviti concederent,

    • Bd. 2, 2
    • ;
    • S. 502, 24.
  • Ðá underféng hé hig uneáðe

    vix fratre compellente suscipiens,

    • Gen. 33, 11.
with a force only slightly removed from a negative, hardly, scarcely, only just
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  • Uneáþe cwic ætberstende

    vix vivus evadens,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 3.
  • Uneáðe Isaac geendode ðás sprǽce ðá com Esau

    vix Isaac sermonem impleverat, venit Esau,

    • Gen. 27, 30.
  • uneáþe ðurh hine sylfne oþþe árísan oþþe gangan mihte

    vix ipse per se exsurgere aut incedere valeret,

    • Bd. 4, 31
    • ;
    • S. 610, 19.
  • Uneáþe ic mæg forstandan ðíne ácsunga and cwist þeáh ðæt ic ðé andwyrdan scyle

    vix rogationis tuae sententiam nosco, ne dum ad inquisita respondere queam,

    • Bt. 5, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 12, 15.
  • Ic hit mæg uneáþe mid wordum gereccan

    sententiam verbis explicare vix queo,

    • 20
    • ;
    • Fox 70, 27.
  • Uneáþe ǽnig com tó ende ðære sprǽce

    ad rem ... cui vix exhausti quidquam satis sit,

    • 39, 4
    • ;
    • Fox 216, 16.
  • Uneáðe

    (pretium scorti) vix (est unius panis, Prov. 6, 26),

    • Kent. Gl. 163.
  • Ungeáþe (uneáþe, Cott. MS.),

    • Bt. 35, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 158, 28.
Etymology
[Itt wass till ennde brohht unnæþe and all wiþþ ange,
  • Orm. 16289
. Þu me hauest sore igramed þat ic mai uneaþe speke,
  • O. and N. 1605.
Cf. He spac uneðes, so e gret,
  • Gen. and Ex. 2341
. Chauc. unnethe, unnethes, and v. Halliwell's Dict. unnethe.]
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  • un-eáðe, adv.