Un-wénlíc

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un-wénlíc

adj. Not giving grounds for hope, unpromising :-- Ðá ðú ðé selfum ðúhtest unwénlíc when you did not seem to yourself to have much chance of success; cum esses parvulus in oculis tuis, Past. 17; Swt. 113, 9. Hié oft gebidon on lytlum staþole and on unwénlícum (a slight foundation and one that gave little hopes of success), Ors. 4, 9; Swt, 192, 34. Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære gódan wyrde, ðe oft cymþ tó gódum monnum on ðisse worulde, hweðer ðis folc mæge cweþan ðæt hit sié yfel wyrd? ... Hwæt wénst ðú be ðære unwénlícran wyrde ðe oft þriétaþ ða yflan tó wítnianne, hwæðer ðis folc wéne ðæt ðæt gód wyrd sié? quid vero jucunda fortuna, quae in praemium tribuitur bonis, num vulgus malam esse decernit? ... quid reliqua, quae, cum sit aspera, justo supplicio malos coercet, num bonam populus putat? Bt. 40, 2; Fox 236, 24 note. [Magað unwánlík, Hél. 4959. Icel. ú-vænligr leaving little hope of success.] un-wenlic