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Un-wéne

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1 un-wéne

adj. I. hopeless, not having hope or expectation. Cf. or-wéne :-- 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. II. not hoped for, unexpected :-- Gyf him þince ðæt hé æt forðgewitenum men áhtes onfó, of unwénum (ex improvise; propterea inopinantur uirtutes in illo, Mk. Skt, Rush. 6, 14. [Icel. ú-vænn hopeless, not to be expected. Cf. O. H. Ger. un-wán desperatio.] un-wene
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ᚢᚾ-ᚹᛖᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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