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单词 unlighel
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unligheladj.

Forms: early Middle English unligel.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English unlygen.
Etymology: Probably the reflex of Old English unlygen truthful, honest (see below), with alteration of the ending after soothsaȝel adj. at sooth- comb. form (compare -el suffix1).Old English unlygen is cognate with or formed similarly to Old Icelandic úlyginn , in the same sense < the Germanic base of un- prefix1 + the Germanic antecedent of an otherwise unattested Old English lygen , cognate with Old Dutch lugīn , Old High German lugīn , Old Icelandic lyginn , all in sense ‘lying, dishonest’ < the Germanic base of lie n.1 + the Germanic base of -en suffix4. Compare also (with prefixed base: see y- prefix) Old English ungelygen, in the same sense.
Obsolete. rare.
Truthful, honest.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective]
soothfastc825
soothsaȝelc900
trueOE
unlighela1200
sootha1250
un-i-lowec1380
textualc1386
veritable1489
truthful1568
troth telling1579
veridical1653
verificala1660
of veracity1671
veriloquous1672
veraciousa1677
unfabling1797
veridicous1817
falsehood-free1850
trothful1861
veridic1895
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 131 (MED) Un-ligel man selde ligeð, & soð-sagel man seið ofte soð.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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