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Old English · adjective

ungehiersum

Normalised unġehīersum

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈun.jeˌxi͜yːr.sum/
[ˈun.jeˌhi͜yːr.sum]
Syllables
ˈun · je · ˌxi͜yːr · sum (4 syllables)
Modern English
disobedient

Meaning

  1. disobedient

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:21

    No man may serve two masters: either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will be obedient to one, and disobedient to the other.

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ungahauʀisam. Equivalent to un- + ġehīersum.

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