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† unˈblithe, a. Obs.
Forms: (see un-1 and blithe a.).
[OE. unblíðe (f. un- un-1 7 + blíðe blithe a.), = MDu. onblide (Kilian -blijde), OHG. unblîdi, -plîdi (MHG. unblîde), ON. and Icel. ú-, óblíðr (Sw. oblid, Da. ublid).]
1. Unhappy; sad, sorrowful; not delighted.
Beowulf 131 Mære þeoden..unbliðe sæt, þolode ðryðswyð, þeᵹnsorᵹe dreah. c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past C. xxvii. 187 Moniᵹe beoð ðeah bliðe & eac unbliðe..for ðæs blodes styringe. c1000ælfric Saints' Lives xxxiii. 348 Þa se abbod þis gehyrde þa wearð he swyðe unbliðe. a1250Owl & Night. 1585 Þe lauerd into þare þeode Fareþ ut.., An[d] is þat gode wif unbliþe For hire lauerdes houdsiþe. a1300Cursor M. 14867 Þai went þam ham, all þat sith, Bath wrath, waful, and vn-blith. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 746 With mony bryddez vnblyþe vpon bare twyges, Þat pitosly þer piped for pyne of þe colde. c1400Destr. Troy 8029 For Bresaide the bright vnblithe was his chere. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 272 So Columba tuik on him greit cuir And bissines, suppois he wes wnblyth.
2. Of things: Unpleasant, disagreeable.
In OE. also of persons = showing displeasure.
c1320Sir Tristr. 240 As god wil, it schal be, Vnbliþe. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1017 Þer faure citees wern set, nov is a see called,..Blo, blubrande, & blak, vnblyþe to neȝe. a1400–50Alexander 48 Þan was him bodword vnblyth broȝt to þe sale.
Hence † unˈblithely adv. Obs.
1415Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 127 Many of hem her hert⁓blode Unblythly bledden upon that bent. |