uneath
English
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Etymology
From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
uneath
- Not easy; hard.
- (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Who he was, uneath was to descry.
- (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Antonyms
Adverb
uneath
- (archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely.
- c. 1591 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II scene iv[1]:
- Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.
- c. 1591 William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II scene iv[1]:
- (obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1
- Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1
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