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un-wær

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-wær, adj.
not on one's guard, unaware, unprepared
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  • Gif ðé man scotaþ tó, ðú gescyltst ðé, gif ðú hit gesihst; gif ðú unwær bist, ðú bist ðe swíðor geswenct,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 538, 11.

  • Hí cweþaþ ðæt tó worde, ðæt se biþ on geþance wærast and wísast, se ðe óðerne can raðost ásmeágan and oftost of unwæran sum ðing gerǽcan,

    • Wulfst. 55, 22.

  • Perpena on ðone cyning ungearone (unwærne, MS. C.) becom

    Perperna Aristonicum inproviso bello adortus,

    • Ors. 5, 4
      • ;
    • Bos. 104, 26.

  • Ðý læs ðe se smíc derige ðám unwarum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 418, 5.
unwary, heedless, incautious, inconsiderate
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  • Módignys is endenéxt gesett, for ðan ðe se unwæra on ende oft módegaþ on gódum weorcum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 222, 4.

  • Þencð se unwara eall swá deófol hine lǽrð,

    • Wulfst. 298, 32.

  • Unware weorude,

    • Exon. Th. 363, 25
      • ;
    • Wal. 59.

  • Deófol wile beswícan ðone unwaran,

    • Homl. Th. i. 16, 22: Blickl. Homl. 55, 23.

  • Hig fordrencton ðone unwæran .Loth,

    • Gen. 19, 35.

  • Ða unwaran

    indocti et praecipites,

    • Past. proem.
      • ;
    • Swt. 25, 12.

  • Ða unwaran láreówas

    rectores improvidi,

    • 15
      • ;
    • Swt. 89, 10.

  • His word beóð góde geðúhte unweran (-warum, MS. C.) mannum,

    • Wulfst. 54, 17.

  • Deófol déð swýðe lytelíce, ðǽr hé ongyt unwære (-ware, MS. C.) menn,

    • 11, 16.

  • Unware

    inexpertos, incautos,

    • Hpt. Gl. 498, 61.

  • Ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ and unwære men beswícaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 24.

  • Unware,

    • 185, 2.

  • Unuuere

    incautos,

    • Kent. Gl. 902.

  • Tó fordónne ða unwaran,

    • Basil admn. 2
      • ;
    • Norm. 34, 30.

  • Oft ðonne se hirde gǽð on frécne wegas, sió hiord ðe unwærre bið gehríst

    cum pastor per abrupta graditur, ad praecipitium grex sequitur,

    • Past. 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 31, 1.
Grammar
un-wær, adverbial uses
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  • Hí unwares ( unawares, unexpectedly ) cómon, and hé fyrst næfde, ðæt hé his fyrde gegadrian mihte,

    • Chr. 1004
      • ;
    • Erl. 139, 21.

  • Unwæres,

    • 1093
      • ;
    • Erl. 229, 5.

  • Ðá com Harold heom ongeán on unwaran

    (cf.
    Icel. at úvörum unexpectedly
    ),
    • 1066
      • ;
    • Erl. 200, 38.

  • Ðá com Harold on unwær (cf.

    Icel. koma á úvart to take by surprise
    ) on ða

    • Normenn, Erl. 201, 26: 202, 7: 1043
      • ;
    • Erl. 168, 32.

  • Hí cómon unwær on heom,

    • 1050
      • ;
    • Erl. 175, 32: 1067
      • ;
    • Erl. 205, 25.
Etymology
[He wes to unwar, Laym. 7810. Sunnen sleað þeo unwarre soule, A. R. 274, 5.
Icel. ú-varr.
]
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v.  un-gewær un-wæres.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-wær.” 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/33933.

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