Uneath

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ʌˈniːθ/

Alternative forms

• unneth 14th - 17th centuries
• unnethe, unnethes
• unethe, unethes

Origin

From Middle English unethe, uneathe ("difficult, not easy"), from Old English unēaþe ("difficult, not easy"), equivalent to - + eath. More at eath, easy.

Adjective

adjective

1. not easy; hard
• SpenserWho he was, uneath was to descry.

Adverb

adverb

1. (archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely.Who he was, uneath was to descry. — Spenser.Uneath may she endure the flinty streets. — Shakespeare.
2. (obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly.
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.

Antonyms

• eath
• easy