† unblitheadj.
Obsolete.
1. Unhappy; sad, sorrowful; not delighted.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xxvii. 187 Monige beoð ðeah bliðe & eac unbliðe..for ðæs blodes styringe.
OE Beowulf 130 Mære þeoden..unbliðe sæt, þolode ðryðswyð þegnsorge dreah.
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxxiii. 348 Þa se abbod þis gehyrde þa wearð he swyðe unbliðe.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1585 Þe lauerd into þare þeode Fareþ ut.., An[d] is þat gode wif unbliþe For hire lauerdes houdsiþe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14867 Þai went þam ham, all þat sith, Bath wrath, waful, and vn-blith.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 746 With mony bryddeȝ vnblyþe vpon bare twyges, Þat pitosly þer piped for pyne of þe colde.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 272 So Columba tuik on him greit cuir And bissines, suppois he wes wnblyth.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8029 For Bresaide the bright vnblithe was his chere.
2. Of things: Unpleasant, disagreeable.In Old English also of persons = showing displeasure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant
loatha700
unsweetc890
grimlyc893
unquemeOE
un-i-quemeOE
evila1131
sourc1175
illc1220
unhightlyc1275
unwelcomec1325
unblithec1330
unnetc1330
unrekena1350
unagreeablec1374
uncouthc1380
unsavouryc1380
displeasantc1386
unlikinga1398
ungaina1400
crabbedc1400
unlovelyc1400
displeasing1401
eschewc1420
unsoot1420
mislikinga1425
unlikelya1425
unlustya1425
fastidiousc1425
unpleasantc1430
displicable1471
unthankfulc1475
displeasant1481
uneasy1483
unpleasinga1500
unfaring1513
badc1530
malpleasant?1533
noisome1542
thanklessa1547
ungrate1548
untoothsome1548
ungreeable1550
contrary1561
disagreeable1570
offensible1575
offensive1576
naughty1578
delightlessa1586
undelightful1585
unwisheda1586
unpleasurable1587
undelightsomec1595
dislikeful1596
disliking1596
ungrateful1596
unsweet?a1600
distastive1600
impleasing1602
distasting1603
distasteful1607
unsightly1608
undelectable1610
disgustful1611
unrelishing1611
waspisha1616
undeliciousa1618
unwished-for1617
disrelishing1631
unenjoyed1643
unjoyous1645
mirya1652
unwelcomed1651
unpleasivea1656
sweet1656
injucund1657
insuave1657
unpalatable1658
unhandsome1660
undesirable1667
disrelishablea1670
uncouthsome1684
shocking1703
nasty1705
embittering1746
indelectable1751
undelightinga1774
nice and ——1796
unenjoyablea1797
ungenial1796
uncomplacent1805
ungracious1807
bitter1810
rotten1813
uncongenial1813
quarrelsome1825
grimy1833
nice1836
unrelished1863
bloody1867
unbewitching1876
ferocious1877
displeasurable1879
rebarbative1892
charming1893
crook1898
naar1900
peppery1901
negative1902
poisonous1906
off-putting1935
unsympathetic1937
piggy1942
funky1946
umpty1948
pooey1967
minging1970
Scrooge-like1976
sucky1984
stank1991
stanky1991
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 240 As god wil, it schal be, Vnbliþe.
a1400–50 Alexander 48 Þan was him bodword vnblyth broȝt to þe sale.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1017 Þer faure citees wern set, nov is a see called,..Blo, blubrande, & blak, vnblyþe to neȝe.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb]
wrothec950
heavilyc1000
sorrowlyOE
sorrilylOE
sorrowfullyc1225
dolefullyc1290
sadlya1375
teenfullya1375
wrothlyc1374
unwinlya1400
grievouslyc1400
unblithely1415
tristily?c1450
sad?a1475
sytefully1488
earnfully?1527
dolently1548
mournfully?1567
distressfully1593
passionately1604
tragicly1604
grievingly1623
distressedly1890
1415 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 127 Many of hem her hert~blode Unblythly bledden upon that bent.
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