Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-hygdig

Back to Letter U
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 un-hygdig

adj. Foolish :-- On his heortan cwæð unhýdig sum ungleáwlíce dixit insipiens in corde suo, Ps. Th. 52, 1. Hwí nǽre ðú genóg earm and genóg unhýdig (-hýðig?), þeáh ðé þúhte ðæt ðú welig wǽre, ðonne ðú óþer twéga oððe hæfdest ðæt ðú noldest, oððe næfdest ðæt ðú woldest? Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 30 note. Cf. wan-hygdig. un-hygdig
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚻᚣᚷᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources