Un-wéned

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-wéned

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-gewéned. un-wened

Definitions

1 un-wéned

adj. Unhoped for, unexpected :-- Ic him eft his ríce ágeaf, and ðá ðære unwéndan áre ðæs ríces (ðe hé him seolfa nǽniges ríces ne wénde) ðæt hé ðá mé eall his goldhord æteówde regna Poro restitui, qui, ut ei insperatus honor donatus est, mihi thesauros suos manifestavit, Nar. 19, 23. On unwénedum forþsíþe hé beóð gegripene inprouiso exitu rapiuntur, Scint. 181, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚹᛖᚾᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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