unrot
Old English
editEtymology
editUncertain.
Adjective
editunrōt (comparative unrōtra, superlative unrōtost)
- sorrowful, sad
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Nāt ic þē nānne betran rēd þonne þū ǣr cwēde. Ac lǣt bēon þone wōp and þā unrōtnesse, and bēo ġemetlīce blīðe. Þū wēre ǣr tō unġemetlīce unrōt, forðām sēo unrōtnes derað ǣġðer ġe mōd ġe līchaman.
- I know no better advice for thee than thou formerly saidst. But leave off woe and sorrow, and be measurably happy. Thou wert formerly too immoderately sorrowful, for sorrow injureth both mind and body.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Declension
editDeclension of unrōt — Strong
Declension of unrōt — Weak
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “un-rót”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.