uneath

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Etymology

From Middle English unethe, uneathe (difficult, not easy), from Old English unēaþe (difficult, not easy); equivalent to un- +‎ eath. More at eath, easy.

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Adjective

uneath

  1. (obsolete) Not easy; hard.

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Adverb

uneath

  1. (archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely.
  2. (obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly.
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in , book VII, by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur , London: David Nutt, , 1889, →OCLC:
      Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.
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