Old English · adjective
ungearu
Normalised unġearu
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /unˈjæ͜ɑ.ru/
- Syllables
- un · ˈjæ͜ɑ · ru (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- unready
Meaning
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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
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | unġearuunġearo | unġearuunġearo | unġearuunġearo |
| Accusative | unġearone | unġearwe | unġearuunġearo |
| Genitive | unġearwes | unġearore | unġearwes |
| Dative | unġearwum | unġearore | unġearwum |
| Instrumental | unġearwe | unġearore | unġearwe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | unġearwe | unġearwaunġearwe | unġearuunġearo |
| Accusative | unġearwe | unġearwaunġearwe | unġearuunġearo |
| Genitive | unġearora | unġearora | unġearora |
| Dative | unġearwum | unġearwum | unġearwum |
| Instrumental | unġearwum | unġearwum | unġearwum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | unġearwa | unġearwe | unġearwe |
| Accusative | unġearwan | unġearwan | unġearwe |
| Genitive | unġearwan | unġearwan | unġearwan |
| Dative | unġearwan | unġearwan | unġearwan |
| Instrumental | unġearwan | unġearwan | unġearwan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | unġearwan | unġearwan | unġearwan |
| Accusative | unġearwan | unġearwan | unġearwan |
| Genitive | unġearoraunġearwena | unġearoraunġearwena | unġearoraunġearwena |
| Dative | unġearwum | unġearwum | unġearwum |
| Instrumental | unġearwum | unġearwum | unġearwum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From un- (“un-”) + ġearu (“ready”).
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