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unna

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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unna, an; m.: unne, an; unn, e; f.
grant, allowance, permission
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  • Ic cýðe eów ðæt hit is mín fulla unna, ðæt heó becweðe hire land

    I declare to you that she has my full permission to bequeathe her land,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl, iv. 200, 27: 223, 24.

  • Hit is mín unna and mín fulle leáfe ðæt hé dihte privilegium,

    • vi. 203, 23.

  • Mid unnan Godes and his hálgena ... mit unnan hírédes, ii. 58,

    • 23, 25.

  • Se wæs tó Eoferwícceastre be cinges unnan and ealra his witena tó ærcebisceope gehálgod,

    • Chr. 971
      • ;
    • Erl. 125, 36.

  • Habban hí ðone feórðan pening be mínre unnan

    omnem quartum nummum fratribus reddendum censeo,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 61, 16.

  • Be mínre unne and gife habban hí and wealdan

    meo concessu et dono habeant et possideant,

    • iv. 200, 7.

  • Hé mid his unne tó Scotlande fór,

    • Chr. 1093
      • ;
    • Erl. 229, 20.

  • Bútan hé ðæs abbodes unnan begite

    nisi ea abba jubeat,

    • R. Ben. 94, 9.

  • Hé eów sige forgeaf þurh unnan ðæs Ælmihtigan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 506, 27: Homl. Ski. i. 3, 556.
willingness to give, pleasure in doing something
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  • Gelǽste hé Gode his teóðunga mid ealre blisse and mid eallum unnan ... Gif hé hit mid unnan and fulre blisse dón wolde,

    • L. Edg. S. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 272, 2, 13.
a grant, what is given
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  • Se ðe ðás gyfu and ðisne unnan wille Gode and sancte Petre ætbrédan,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 276, 31.
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v.  unne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “unna.” 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/33568.

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