unstæfwis

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Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to un- +‎ stæfwīs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈunˌstæf.wiːs/,

Adjective

unstæfwīs

  1. illiterate
  2. unlettered

Declension

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “un-stæfwís”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.