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Old English · adjective

ungearu

Normalised unġearu

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/unˈjæ͜ɑ.ru/
Syllables
un · ˈjæ͜ɑ · ru (3 syllables)
Modern English
unready

Meaning

  1. unready

    Ðonne mid fēre foldbūende sē micla dæġ meahtan dryhtnes æt midre niht mæġne bihlæmeð, sċīre ġesċeafte, swā oft sċeaða fǣcne, þēof þrīstlīċe, þe on þȳstre fareð, on sweartre niht, sorglēase hæleð semninga forfēhð slǣpe ġebundne, eorlas unġearwe yfles ġenǣgeð.

    Then the Great day of the mighty Lord clangs earth-dwellers, in bright being, with woe at the middle of the night’s strength, as often a guileful robber would, a thief boldly, who goes into the darkness, on a black night, takes carefree heroes, bound by sleep, forthwith by surprise, attacks unready men with evil.

    10th century, Christ III:

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From un- (“un-”) + ġearu (“ready”).

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