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uneath

/ʌˈniːθ/ UK

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From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”). By surface analysis, un- + eath. See eath, easy for further. First attested in the Old English period.

adjective unneth · unnethe · unnethes · uneth · unethe · unneath

obsolete Not easy; hard. who he was, uneath was to descry.

Opposite: eath, easy

adverb unneth · unnethe · unnethes · uneth · unethe · unneath

archaic Not easily; hardly, scarcely. Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.
obsolete Reluctantly, unwillingly. Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.

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Opposite: eath, easy

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@misc{uneath_2026,
  title = {uneath},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uneath},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}