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un-wéne

  • adjective
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un-wéne, adj.
hopeless, not having hope or expectation.
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Cf. or-wéne
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  • Wæs ðǽr án cnapa geǽttrod þurh næddran, swíðe tóswollen þurh ðæs wyrmes siege, unwéne his lífes,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7.
  • Hé gehǽlde ánre wydewan sunu ðe unwéne læg,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 6, 103.
  • Hé fond hlingendne, fúsne on forðsíþ, freán unwénne,

    • Exon. Th. 171, 4
    • ;
    • Gú. 1121.
not hoped for, unexpected
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  • Gyf him þince ðæt hé æt forðgewitenum men áhtes onfó, of unwénum ( ex improvise; v. ungewéned) hym cymeþ gestreón,

    • Lchdm. iii, 170, 7.
  • Forðon hiá unwoene (unwoen, Linda) sint mæhte in him

    propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo,

    • Mk. Skt, Rush. 6, 14.
Etymology
[
Icel. ú-vænn hopeless, not to be expected.
Cf.
O. H. Ger. un-wán desperatio.
]
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