Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-hold

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adj. I. unfriendly, hostile :-- Ðæt dyde uphold mann inimicus homo hoc fecit, Mt. Kntbl. 13, 28. Hé ástealde swíðe strang gyld ... and him wæs ðá unhold eall ðæt his ǽr gyrnde, Chr. 1040; Erl. 166, 22. Wearð ríces ðeóden unhold þeóden ðám ðe ǽhte geaf, Cd. Th. 218, 4; Dan. 34. Hé him ða sǽtnunge gewearnode ðæs unholdan cyninges regis sibi infesti insidias vitavit, Bd. 2, 12; S. 515, 12. Ealle his ǽhta unholde fýnd, ríce réðe mann gedǽle, Ps. Th. 108, 11. Hé mé álýsde of huntum unholdum, 90, 3. II. unfaithful, disloyal :-- Se unholda ðeówa, Homl. Th. ii. 556, 18. [Monies monnes sare iswinc habbeð oft unholde, O. E. Homl. i. 161, 36. Unholde uorureten þe strencðe of his soule alieni comederunt robur ejus, A. R. 222, 10. O. Sax. un-hold unfriendly, hostile: O. H. Ger. un-hold inimicus, unholde; pl. eumenides.]

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ᚢᚾ-ᚻᚩᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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