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单词 un-i-welde
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un-i-weldeadj.

Forms: Old English ungewilde, Old English ungewylde, early Middle English vniwælde.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, English gewielde.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + Old English gewielde in the power of, under the control of, subject to (see wield adj.).Compare Old English ungewealden uncontrolled, involuntary ( < un- prefix1 + Old English gewealden easily controlled, subject (to), inconsiderable, small < gewealden , past participle of either wealdan wield v. or gewealdan i-welde v.).
Obsolete.
1. Not in the power of or under the control of, not subject to.In Old English with dative.
ΚΠ
eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xxx. 149 Æfter þæm he underþiedde him selfum monege þeoda þe ær wæron Romanum ungewilde.
OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xxxvii. 254 Up arærdum þam sweorde swa wið þæs heofones se earm stod ungebigendlic æghwæs þam agendfrean ungewylde.
OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Judges (Laud) Epil., in S. J. Crawford Old Eng. Version of Heptateuch (1922) 415 Gif ænig leodscipe wæs ungewylde þam casere, þonne sende he him to swa fela eoroda, ðe mihton gebigan þæt mennisc him to.
2. Unwieldy, cumbersome.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy
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un-i-weldec1275
boistous?a1400
cumbrousa1400
roida1450
clubbishc1530
lumpish?1573
bouncing1579
unwieldy1582
boisterous1590
unfeirdyc1590
lumbering1593
cumbersome1594
elephantic1598
elephant-likea1603
moliminous1642
clumpish1681
rhinocerical1689
hulking1699
hulky1785
lumberly1805
elephantine1826
rhinocerial1828
lumbersome1834
clumpy1836
lumbrous1836
hippopotamic1853
hippopotamian1864
megatherial1894
hippopotamine1911
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2943 Fifti hundred cnihtes. mid alle heore wepnen þe weoren vniwælde. Þa oðere weoren swifte. heore wepnen weoren lihte.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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