uneathadj.

Forms: (see quots.).

Etymology: Old English unéaðe , -íeðe , etc.: see un- prefix¹ 1 and eath adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uˈneath.

Obsolete or archaic.

Difficult, hard, troublesome, distressing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

arvethc885

uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

deara1225

derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

uphill1622

shrewda1626

spinousa1638

scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

cranka1745

tight1764

thraward1818

nasty1828

upstream1847

awkward1860

pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

OE Andreas (1932) 205 Nis þæt uneaðe eallwealdan gode to gefremmanne on foldwege.

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xiii. 247 Þa cwæð dauid him to: Uneaðe me is ðis.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 444 Molestus, unyþe.

a1200 Moral Ode 181 Nis na sullic þech hom bo wa and hom be uneade [v.r. uneaðe].

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1130 Corineus wes un-eðe [c1300 Otho anued] & wa on his mode.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Riii^v/2 Vneathe, difficilis.1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K3^v An altar of some costly masse, Whose substance was vneath to vnderstand. 1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 210 The..hare..makes many doubles,..that vneath it is for the most sagacious pursuer to..finde her out.1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. liii But what's within, uneath is to convey to narrow vessels that are full afore.1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. lxxxv. 1714 ‘N. Ironside’ Another Orig. Canto Spencer xii. 11 Where Freres and Monks swarm round, that it uneath May seem 'mongst them to live.1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine ii. xxxvii Uneath it is long Habits to expell.1799 W. Scott Covenanter's Fate xxii ‘I fear me,’ quoth he, ‘uneath it will be To match thy word with deed’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

uneathadv.

/ʌˈniːθ/

Forms: α. Old English–Middle English uneaðe (Middle English -æðe), Middle English uneðe (Middle English -ieþe), Middle English on-, Middle English uneþe, Middle English–1500s unethe (Middle English on-), Middle English weneth(e, 1500s Scottish on-, uneith, 1500s– uneath. β. Middle English unneþe (Middle English -eæþe, -eðe, onneþe), Middle English–1500s (1800s) unnethe (Middle English onnethe, unnythe); Middle English unneaðe, -eaþe, Middle English onn(y)eaþe, 1500s–1600s unneath, 1600s unneeth. γ. Middle English–1600s uneth (Middle English–1500s oneth), Middle English unneþ, Middle English–1600s unneth. (Also Middle English–1600s vn-.)

Etymology: Old English unéaðe , < un- un- prefix¹ 5b + éaðe eath adv.

Now only archaic.

a. Not easily; (only) with difficulty; scarcely, hardly.In very common use from c1300 to c1600. Usually denoting limitation of the power to act in the way desired or intended, so that the sense of ‘scarcely’ becomes the prominent one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty

uneathc888

arvethlichec1000

uneathsc1200

hardc1300

albusyc1325

wondsomely?a1400

hardlya1425

narrowlyc1450

unreadilyc1454

a-pain1487

uneasily1600

scarce1667

scarcely1697

ill1832

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. §3 Uneaþe ic mæg forstandan þine acsunga.

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §4 Uneaðe hire cymð ænig mon of, gif he ærest an cemð.

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xix. 23 Forðon wlonc uneaðe vel hefig inngeongas in ric heofna.

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 96 Hwylon forlidenesse ic þolie.., uneaþe cwic ætberstende.

?a1050 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C) ann. 1040 He..astealde þa swiðe strang gyld, þæt man hit uneaðe acom.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1605 Þu me hauest sore igremed..Þat ic may vnneþe speke.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15693 Mucchel del heo sloȝen of þan mon-weorede. and þe king Penda uneðe gon a-wende.

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 712 As I yow telle Vnnethe myght y lenger duelle.

1382 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 267 Unnethe may prestes seculers Gete any service for thes frers.

a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 884 So mani arwes to him þai sende, Unneþe a miȝte him self defende.

c1440 Generydes 977 So sorowfull he was That he onnethe myght speke to the kyng.

c1440 Generydes 4946 [He] was..sore for-bled that vnnethe myght he stonde.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 9 Making suche noise that unnethe thei might haue herde the thundre.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 338^v Whiche did asmuche benefite to the commen~weale, as uneth any penne maye wryte.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxiv. 641 The blades are cut almost euery day harde by the grounde,..and therefore it can vnethe or scarsely growe vp.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 90 Thyme seed lyeth so close, that unneth or hardly it can be found.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §70. 117 There was so grievous a mortality of people, as the quicke might unneath burie the dead.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 395 His army grew so loaden with the spoile..that they were unneeth able to march above five mile a day.

1739 G. West Canto of Fairy Queen xliii. 9 A small River, that full slow did glide, As it uneath mote find its watry Path, For Stones and Rubbish.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxx. 190 The standers-bye might hear uneath, Footstep, or voice,..Through all the lengthened row.

1834 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1848) 346 Man's hard, clencht mouth, whence words uneath do slip.

b. Scarcely, hardly, barely (in respect of extent, amount, degree, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just

uneathc1200

scarcely1297

albusyc1325

onlepyc1350

anerly1381

barec1400

scarce1413

scantlyc1440

narrowlyc1450

scant1492

barelya1513

hardly?1532

faintly1544

nakedly1589

just1603

rawly1607

just1627

badly1715

scrimp1756

bare-weighta1763

scrimplya1774

jimp1814

jistc1820

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Þeues..wundeden him swiðe sore, and forleten him unneðe liues.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1421 After him was gayus [emperor] vif ȝer vnneþe.

c1300 Seyn Julian (Ashm.) 178 Þat led þat bolynde was, vnneþe it þoȝte hire warm.

c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 135 On him is al hir thought, Þat wele vnneþe of mete tooke she keepe.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 364 The remenant of folk aboute Unethe stonden eny doute To werre ech other and to slee.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 44 Put hem in a panne.., & vnneþe ony grece in þe panne.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i I haue lyued lenger than thy self haste & vnnethe I haue gete half a frend.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 296 Uneth any tree [is] more goodly to beholde afarre of then the cypres tree.

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. D7^v Honour enmoves her to attempt the flight, And wave her feathers (unneath taught to flie).

1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Dij Ignorant, lewde, Uneth with one drop of Nectar bedewde.

†c. With accompanying negative. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 254 He no dar his loue keþe, No sen hir wel vnneþe.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 100 Al my breste bolleþ for bitter of my galle; May no suger so swete aswagen hit vnneþe.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1919) xxii. 128 Fissches..casten hem self to the see banke of þat yle, so gret plentee..þat noman may vnnethe see but fissch.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 3392 Wel onethe he ne myȝt endure Hym to dismembre.

1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 605 The causey..is so over-flowyn that ther is no man that may an-ethe passe it.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. xxxiv. 81 And further ads,..That none offence could greater be vneath, And yet the place the fault did aggrauate.

†d. elliptical with but. (Cf. but conj. 5) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. C2^v A vile contagious mist which can vnneath But pestilence or worse diseases breede.

†e. Almost. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly

nigheOE

well-nigheOE

forneanc1000

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nearhandc1350

nigh handa1375

nigh handsa1375

as good asc1390

into (right) littlea1413

unto litea1420

nigh byc1430

nearbyc1485

near handsa1500

as near as1517

mosta1538

next door1542

wellmost1548

all but1590

anewst1590

uneath1590

next to1611

nearlya1616

thereaboutsa1616

welly1615

thereabout1664

within (an) ames-ace ofa1670

anear1675

pretty much1682

three parts1711

newsta1728

only not1779

partly1781

in all but name1824

just about1836

nentes1854

near1855

nar1859

just1860

not-quite1870

nearabouta1878

effectively1884

nigh on1887

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K7 A roaring hideous sownd, That..Seemd vneath to shake the stedfast ground.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. lix. 67 Thus causelesse hatred, endlesse is vneath.

†2.

a. Reluctantly, unwillingly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]

unwillc893

uneathc900

unthankc960

latelyOE

against a person's willa1225

loatha1340

grutchingly1340

at one's unthanksa1400

wandsomely?a1400

at (or again) one's unwillesc1400

uneathsa1425

unwilfully1435

invitec1450

tarrowinglyc1480

scantly1509

nicely1530

tarryingly1530

unwillingly?1531

loathly1547

faintly1548

evil-willingly1549

grudgingly1549

difficultly1551

loathsomely1561

dangerously1573

ill-willing1579

backwardlya1586

costively1598

with an ill will1601

with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614

sadly1622

tenderlya1628

reluctantly1646

shyly1701

uncheerfully1754

à contre-coeur1803

shrinkingly1817

retractatively1851

begrudgingly1853

forcibly1867

loathfully1887

tharfly1894

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. ii. 100 Þa geðafodan þæt uneaðe þa his gesacan.

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxxiii. 11 Ic bidde þe, þæt þu onfo þissa laca... Þa underfeng he hig uneaðe.

a1200 Moral Ode 189 We ȝeueð uneðe [v.r. uneaðe] for his luue a stuche of ure brede.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxiii. 11 Vnneth, the brother compellynge, takynge [he] seith, Goo we togideres.

†b. In difficult circumstances; in hardship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > in or with hardship

hardlyOE

uneasilyc1290

uneath1590

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2^v Is then vniust to each his dew to giue?.. Or let him die at ease, that liueth here vneath?

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. B4 The gray-beard..liu'd at ease, while others liu'd vneath.

†3. Scarcely, in respect of time; only just. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] > scarcely or only just

uneathc1000

uneathsc1340

scarce1513

scarcely1542

scant1551

now-now1948

c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxvii. 30 Uneaðe Isaac geendode þas spræce, þa Iacob ut eode.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1993 Þis wes uneaðe iseid, Þet an engel ne com.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8183 Vn-neæðe [c1300 Otho onneþe] wes þis spel isæid to þan ende. þa iseȝen heo Hængest halden ouer dune.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxvii. 30 Vnneth Ysaac had fulfillid the word, and Jacob goon out, Esau com.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11685 Vnnethe had he said þe sune, Quen þe tre it boghed dune.

a1400–50 Alexander 4185 Vnneth his prayer was past, quen purid all þe cloudis.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 136 He regnyd in this vnrule weneth thre yeere.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xi. sig. d.iiii^v Whan kynge Vulfer, approched his castell And vnneth was entred, into his hall.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxiv. 83 I was no soner returnd vnneth, Ere I had..iudgement of deth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	uneath
释义	uneathadj. Forms: (see quots.). Etymology: Old English unéaðe , -íeðe , etc.: see un- prefix¹ 1 and eath adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uˈneath. Obsolete or archaic. Difficult, hard, troublesome, distressing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 OE Andreas (1932) 205 Nis þæt uneaðe eallwealdan gode to gefremmanne on foldwege. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xiii. 247 Þa cwæð dauid him to: Uneaðe me is ðis. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 444 Molestus, unyþe. a1200 Moral Ode 181 Nis na sullic þech hom bo wa and hom be uneade [v.r. uneaðe]. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1130 Corineus wes un-eðe [c1300 Otho anued] & wa on his mode. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Riii^v/2 Vneathe, difficilis.1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K3^v An altar of some costly masse, Whose substance was vneath to vnderstand. View more context for this quotation1629 H. Burton Truth's Triumph 210 The..hare..makes many doubles,..that vneath it is for the most sagacious pursuer to..finde her out.1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. liii But what's within, uneath is to convey to narrow vessels that are full afore.1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. lxxxv. 1714 ‘N. Ironside’ Another Orig. Canto Spencer xii. 11 Where Freres and Monks swarm round, that it uneath May seem 'mongst them to live.1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine ii. xxxvii Uneath it is long Habits to expell.1799 W. Scott Covenanter's Fate xxii ‘I fear me,’ quoth he, ‘uneath it will be To match thy word with deed’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2020). uneathadv. /ʌˈniːθ/ Forms: α. Old English–Middle English uneaðe (Middle English -æðe), Middle English uneðe (Middle English -ieþe), Middle English on-, Middle English uneþe, Middle English–1500s unethe (Middle English on-), Middle English weneth(e, 1500s Scottish on-, uneith, 1500s– uneath. β. Middle English unneþe (Middle English -eæþe, -eðe, onneþe), Middle English–1500s (1800s) unnethe (Middle English onnethe, unnythe); Middle English unneaðe, -eaþe, Middle English onn(y)eaþe, 1500s–1600s unneath, 1600s unneeth. γ. Middle English–1600s uneth (Middle English–1500s oneth), Middle English unneþ, Middle English–1600s unneth. (Also Middle English–1600s vn-.) Etymology: Old English unéaðe , < un- un- prefix¹ 5b + éaðe eath adv. Now only archaic. 1. a. Not easily; (only) with difficulty; scarcely, hardly.In very common use from c1300 to c1600. Usually denoting limitation of the power to act in the way desired or intended, so that the sense of ‘scarcely’ becomes the prominent one. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty uneathc888 arvethlichec1000 uneathsc1200 hardc1300 albusyc1325 wondsomely?a1400 hardlya1425 narrowlyc1450 unreadilyc1454 a-pain1487 uneasily1600 scarce1667 scarcely1697 ill1832 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. §3 Uneaþe ic mæg forstandan þine acsunga. c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxix. §4 Uneaðe hire cymð ænig mon of, gif he ærest an cemð. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xix. 23 Forðon wlonc uneaðe vel hefig inngeongas in ric heofna. a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 96 Hwylon forlidenesse ic þolie.., uneaþe cwic ætberstende. ?a1050 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C) ann. 1040 He..astealde þa swiðe strang gyld, þæt man hit uneaðe acom. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1605 Þu me hauest sore igremed..Þat ic may vnneþe speke. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15693 Mucchel del heo sloȝen of þan mon-weorede. and þe king Penda uneðe gon a-wende. c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 712 As I yow telle Vnnethe myght y lenger duelle. 1382 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 267 Unnethe may prestes seculers Gete any service for thes frers. a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 884 So mani arwes to him þai sende, Unneþe a miȝte him self defende. c1440 Generydes 977 So sorowfull he was That he onnethe myght speke to the kyng. c1440 Generydes 4946 [He] was..sore for-bled that vnnethe myght he stonde. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 9 Making suche noise that unnethe thei might haue herde the thundre. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 338^v Whiche did asmuche benefite to the commen~weale, as uneth any penne maye wryte. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxiv. 641 The blades are cut almost euery day harde by the grounde,..and therefore it can vnethe or scarsely growe vp. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 90 Thyme seed lyeth so close, that unneth or hardly it can be found. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes i. §70. 117 There was so grievous a mortality of people, as the quicke might unneath burie the dead. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 395 His army grew so loaden with the spoile..that they were unneeth able to march above five mile a day. 1739 G. West Canto of Fairy Queen xliii. 9 A small River, that full slow did glide, As it uneath mote find its watry Path, For Stones and Rubbish. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxx. 190 The standers-bye might hear uneath, Footstep, or voice,..Through all the lengthened row. 1834 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1848) 346 Man's hard, clencht mouth, whence words uneath do slip. b. Scarcely, hardly, barely (in respect of extent, amount, degree, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just uneathc1200 scarcely1297 albusyc1325 onlepyc1350 anerly1381 barec1400 scarce1413 scantlyc1440 narrowlyc1450 scant1492 barelya1513 hardly?1532 faintly1544 nakedly1589 just1603 rawly1607 just1627 badly1715 scrimp1756 bare-weighta1763 scrimplya1774 jimp1814 jistc1820 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Þeues..wundeden him swiðe sore, and forleten him unneðe liues. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1421 After him was gayus [emperor] vif ȝer vnneþe. c1300 Seyn Julian (Ashm.) 178 Þat led þat bolynde was, vnneþe it þoȝte hire warm. c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 135 On him is al hir thought, Þat wele vnneþe of mete tooke she keepe. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 364 The remenant of folk aboute Unethe stonden eny doute To werre ech other and to slee. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 44 Put hem in a panne.., & vnneþe ony grece in þe panne. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i I haue lyued lenger than thy self haste & vnnethe I haue gete half a frend. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 296 Uneth any tree [is] more goodly to beholde afarre of then the cypres tree. 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. D7^v Honour enmoves her to attempt the flight, And wave her feathers (unneath taught to flie). 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. Dij Ignorant, lewde, Uneth with one drop of Nectar bedewde. †c. With accompanying negative. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 254 He no dar his loue keþe, No sen hir wel vnneþe. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 100 Al my breste bolleþ for bitter of my galle; May no suger so swete aswagen hit vnneþe. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1919) xxii. 128 Fissches..casten hem self to the see banke of þat yle, so gret plentee..þat noman may vnnethe see but fissch. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 3392 Wel onethe he ne myȝt endure Hym to dismembre. 1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 605 The causey..is so over-flowyn that ther is no man that may an-ethe passe it. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. xxxiv. 81 And further ads,..That none offence could greater be vneath, And yet the place the fault did aggrauate. †d. elliptical with but. (Cf. but conj. 5) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. C2^v A vile contagious mist which can vnneath But pestilence or worse diseases breede. †e. Almost. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. K7 A roaring hideous sownd, That..Seemd vneath to shake the stedfast ground. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. lix. 67 Thus causelesse hatred, endlesse is vneath. †2. a. Reluctantly, unwillingly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb] unwillc893 uneathc900 unthankc960 latelyOE against a person's willa1225 loatha1340 grutchingly1340 at one's unthanksa1400 wandsomely?a1400 at (or again) one's unwillesc1400 uneathsa1425 unwilfully1435 invitec1450 tarrowinglyc1480 scantly1509 nicely1530 tarryingly1530 unwillingly?1531 loathly1547 faintly1548 evil-willingly1549 grudgingly1549 difficultly1551 loathsomely1561 dangerously1573 ill-willing1579 backwardlya1586 costively1598 with an ill will1601 with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614 sadly1622 tenderlya1628 reluctantly1646 shyly1701 uncheerfully1754 à contre-coeur1803 shrinkingly1817 retractatively1851 begrudgingly1853 forcibly1867 loathfully1887 tharfly1894 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. ii. ii. 100 Þa geðafodan þæt uneaðe þa his gesacan. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxxiii. 11 Ic bidde þe, þæt þu onfo þissa laca... Þa underfeng he hig uneaðe. a1200 Moral Ode 189 We ȝeueð uneðe [v.r. uneaðe] for his luue a stuche of ure brede. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxxiii. 11 Vnneth, the brother compellynge, takynge [he] seith, Goo we togideres. †b. In difficult circumstances; in hardship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > in or with hardship hardlyOE uneasilyc1290 uneath1590 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2^v Is then vniust to each his dew to giue?.. Or let him die at ease, that liueth here vneath? 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. B4 The gray-beard..liu'd at ease, while others liu'd vneath. †3. Scarcely, in respect of time; only just. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] > scarcely or only just uneathc1000 uneathsc1340 scarce1513 scarcely1542 scant1551 now-now1948 c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxvii. 30 Uneaðe Isaac geendode þas spræce, þa Iacob ut eode. a1225 Leg. Kath. 1993 Þis wes uneaðe iseid, Þet an engel ne com. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8183 Vn-neæðe [c1300 Otho onneþe] wes þis spel isæid to þan ende. þa iseȝen heo Hængest halden ouer dune. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxvii. 30 Vnneth Ysaac had fulfillid the word, and Jacob goon out, Esau com. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11685 Vnnethe had he said þe sune, Quen þe tre it boghed dune. a1400–50 Alexander 4185 Vnneth his prayer was past, quen purid all þe cloudis. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 136 He regnyd in this vnrule weneth thre yeere. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xi. sig. d.iiii^v Whan kynge Vulfer, approched his castell And vnneth was entred, into his hall. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxiv. 83 I was no soner returnd vnneth, Ere I had..iudgement of deth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.OEadv.c888
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