unknown, strange, PP; unkuð , S; uncuð , S2; uncouthe , pl. , S2, C2; uncuðe , S; uncoðe , S.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Under-giten , v. to perceive, understand; underȝiten , SD; underȝeite , S; undergæton , pt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
Out, if ye love your breath, Cast me swift unto solitude, unbroken By word or touch.
— from Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles
There is a strange unwholesome smell upon the room, like mildewed corduroys, sweet apples wanting air, and rotten books.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
She therefore sent me first into the house, to wait for an opportunity of their being out of the way, that she might steal up stairs unobserved.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney
Un-trewnesse , sb. untruth, S. Un-trewthe , sb. untruth, C3.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
And (to consider shorter periods) just as, in the senses, an impression feels very differently according to what has preceded it; as one color succeeding another is modified by the contrast, silence sounds delicious after noise, and a note, when the scale is sung up, sounds unlike itself when the scale is sung down; as the presence of certain lines in a figure changes the apparent form of the other lines, and as in music the whole æsthetic effect comes from the manner in which one set of [Pg 235] sounds alters our feeling of another; so, in thought, we must admit that those portions of the brain that have just been maximally excited retain a kind of soreness which is a condition of our present consciousness, a codeterminant of how and what we now shall feel.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
Then the damosel departed, and found Sir Uwaine sleeping upon a bed in another chamber, so she went unto Sir Uwaine, and awaked him, and bade him, Arise, and wait on my lady your mother, for she will slay the king your father sleeping in his bed, for I go to fetch his sword.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
He LOOKED all the astonishment which such unexpected, such unthought-of information could not fail of exciting; but he said only these two words, "Colonel Brandon!" "Yes," continued Elinor, gathering more resolution, as some of the worst was over, "Colonel Brandon means it as a testimony of his concern for what has lately passed—for the cruel situation in which the unjustifiable conduct of your family has placed you—a concern which I am sure Marianne, myself, and all your friends, must share; and likewise as a proof of his high esteem for your general character, and his particular approbation of your behaviour on the present occasion.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
All this is so unexpected, so unreal, so violent, that it bewilders me.
— from The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
Hey, Sim Udy? Speak up, you that have fifteen to feed."
— from I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Arthur Quiller-Couch
After you vos spliced she does the same ding; except dat she uses stones und flad-irons instead of pop-corn balls, und calls you “Devil.”
— from How to Become an Actor by Aaron A. Warford
El Paso seemed like a dream, San Francisco a figment of the brain, and New York a wholly imaginary spot upon some undiscovered planet, lost in the nebulous universe of space.
— from Heart's Desire The Story of a Contented Town, Certain Peculiar Citizens, and Two Fortunate Lovers A Novel by Emerson Hough
But the door swung wide, and he entered with a strained, unnatural smile upon his face.
— from The Auction Block by Rex Beach
If her be, do 'ee want to shutt 'un?' “'Thee not knaw!' says Bill Blacksmith, just the zame as I be a tullin of it: 'whai, man, us expex Tam Faggus, and zum on us manes to shutt 'un.' “'Shutt 'un wi'out a warrant!'
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
She was not quick, but would never be satisfied until she understood, and that is more than any superiority of gifts.
— from Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald
No, it would not be better: no earthly climate is good enough to preserve health and strength under such unnatural training….Children of the laboring classes, often dirty and imperfectly clad, seldom have colds, simply for the reason that, for the greater part of the day, they have the freedom of the streets.
— from Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele
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