Old English edit

Etymology edit

Equivalent to un- +‎ stæfwīs.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈunˌstæf.wiːs/, [ˈunˌstæv.wiːs]

Adjective edit

unstæfwīs

  1. illiterate
  2. unlettered

Declension edit

References edit

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “un-stæfwís”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.