"uneath" meaning in English

See uneath in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌˈniːθ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uneath.wav , En-us-uneath.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unethe}} Middle English unethe, {{inh|en|ang|unēaþe||difficult, not easy}} Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”), {{prefix|en|un|eath}} un- + eath Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} uneath
  1. (obsolete) Not easy; hard. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-uneath-en-adj-rPKv8mGS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 59 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unneth (14th-17th centuries), unnethe, unnethes, uneth, unethe, unneath, unnethis, unethes, uneathes

Adverb

IPA: /ʌˈniːθ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uneath.wav , En-us-uneath.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unethe}} Middle English unethe, {{inh|en|ang|unēaþe||difficult, not easy}} Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”), {{prefix|en|un|eath}} un- + eath Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} uneath
  1. (archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-uneath-en-adv-Csz2qCLL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 0
  2. (obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-uneath-en-adv-yk7J6ZJs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unneth (14th-17th centuries), unnethe, unnethes, uneth, unethe, unneath, unnethis, unethes, uneathes

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eath"
    },
    {
      "word": "easy"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "unethe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English unethe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "unēaþe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "difficult, not easy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "eath"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + eath",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "uneath",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with un-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 22:",
          "text": "who he was, uneath was to descry.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not easy; hard."
      ],
      "id": "en-uneath-en-adj-rPKv8mGS",
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Not easy; hard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌˈniːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uneath.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-uneath.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg/En-us-uneath.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unneth (14th-17th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unnethe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unnethes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uneth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unethe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unneath"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unnethis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unethes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uneathes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uneath"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "unethe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English unethe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "unēaþe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "difficult, not easy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "eath"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + eath",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "uneath",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not easily; hardly, scarcely."
      ],
      "id": "en-uneath-en-adv-Csz2qCLL",
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
        [
          "scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reluctantly, unwillingly."
      ],
      "id": "en-uneath-en-adv-yk7J6ZJs",
      "links": [
        [
          "Reluctantly",
          "reluctantly"
        ],
        [
          "unwillingly",
          "unwillingly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌˈniːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uneath.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-uneath.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg/En-us-uneath.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unneth (14th-17th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unnethe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unnethes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uneth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unethe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unneath"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unnethis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unethes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "uneathes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uneath"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eath"
    },
    {
      "word": "easy"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "unethe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English unethe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "unēaþe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "difficult, not easy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "eath"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + eath",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "uneath",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 22:",
          "text": "who he was, uneath was to descry.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not easy; hard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "easy",
          "easy"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Not easy; hard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌˈniːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uneath.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-uneath.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg/En-us-uneath.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unneth (14th-17th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnethe"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnethes"
    },
    {
      "word": "uneth"
    },
    {
      "word": "unethe"
    },
    {
      "word": "unneath"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnethis"
    },
    {
      "word": "unethes"
    },
    {
      "word": "uneathes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uneath"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms prefixed with un-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "unethe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English unethe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "unēaþe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "difficult, not easy"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "eath"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + eath",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "uneath",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:",
          "text": "Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not easily; hardly, scarcely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
        [
          "scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reluctantly, unwillingly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Reluctantly",
          "reluctantly"
        ],
        [
          "unwillingly",
          "unwillingly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌˈniːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uneath.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-uneath.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-uneath.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg/En-us-uneath.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-us-uneath.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unneth (14th-17th centuries)"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnethe"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnethes"
    },
    {
      "word": "uneth"
    },
    {
      "word": "unethe"
    },
    {
      "word": "unneath"
    },
    {
      "word": "unnethis"
    },
    {
      "word": "unethes"
    },
    {
      "word": "uneathes"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uneath"
}

Download raw JSONL data for uneath meaning in English (5.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.