Un-sófte
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - un-sófte
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- un-sófte
- adv. I. not at ease, in discomfort. II. not gently, hardly, severely :-- Hwǽr mon unsófte getilaþ on forewearde ða ádle in case severe treatment is used in the early stages of the disease, Lchdm. ii. 260, 15. Ða ðe hine unsófte ádle gebundne gesóhtun, Exon. Th. 155, l0; Gú. 858: 83, 16; Cri. 1357. Hí wrehton unsófte ealdgeníþlan, Judth. Thw. 24, 37; Jud. 228: Blickl. Homl. 203, 18. III. hardly, with difficulty, with trouble :-- Wé hit unsófte mid longsceaftum sperum ofscotadon vix ipsis defixa est venabulis, Nar. 15, 28. Ic ðæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, Beo. Th. 3314; B. 1655: 4287; B. 2140: Elen. Kmbl. 263; El. 132: Exon. Th. 168, 20; Gú. 1080. [Þer is þe sunfulle unsofte to beon, Misc. 91, 25. O. H. Ger. un-samfto difficulter, aegre.] un-softe