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▪ I. † unˈwield, n. Obs. rare. In 4 unwelde, vnweilde. [un-1 12.] Feebleness, weakness, impotence.13.. E.E. Psalter lxx. 9 (V.), Ne for-werpe me in un-welde, In time when I am of elde. c 1375 Cursor M. 3563 (Gött.), And haue man ben neure so bald, Quen þat he bicomis alde, Til vnweild [he] bigines t...
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unwieldly
▪ I. unˈwieldly, a. [In early use f. unwield n. + -ly1; later a variant of unwieldy a. Many quots. for unwieldly in reprints from 1681 onwards have, on verification in first edd. or the MSS., proved to be misprints of unwieldy a., as in quots. 1681–1730. The prevalence of the misprint may be the chi...
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unwieldy
unwieldy, a. (ʌnˈwiːldɪ) Forms: 5–7 unweldy, 6 -ye, 6–7 -ie; 5–7 unweeldy, 5 -weeldi, 6 -ie; 6–7 unwealdy, -ie; 6–8 (9) unweildy (6 -weyldy, Sc. wnveildy), 6–7 -ie; 6– unwieldy, 7 -ie; 6–7 unwildy, 6 -wildie, Sc. -wyldy. (Also 5–7 vn-, 5–6 on-.) [un-1 7, 5 b + wieldy a. Cf. the early unwield a. and ...
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