unstæfwis

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Equivalent to un- +‎ stæfwīs.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈunˌstæf.wiːs/, [ˈunˌstæv.wiːs]

Adjective[edit]

unstæfwīs

  1. illiterate
  2. unlettered

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “un-stæfwís”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.