† 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

unridec1175

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).

单词	un-i-welde
释义	† 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 unridec1175 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). < adj.eOE
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