† unmawen.adj.

Forms: Old English unmaga, Middle English onmawe (south-western), Middle English ounmawe (south-western).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German unmag , (weak form) unmago (adjective; chiefly weak) wanting in strength, feeble, powerless, Old Icelandic úmagi (noun) poor or helpless person, dependant (Icelandic ómagi ), Old Swedish omaghi (noun) poor or helpless person (Swedish regional omaga child) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of may v.¹Compare the corresponding positive form represented by Old English maga (weak adjective) able, strong, powerful, (noun) strong or powerful person (see also quot. OE² at sense A.):OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) iv. 179 Þa preostas þe aðer oððe agen wylla oððe mage ælmeshand hæfenlease gedyde [L. clerici quos uoluntas aut natiuitas pauperes fecit].lOE Laws: Ælfred & Guthrum's Peace (Corpus Cambr.) iii. 126 Gif ma[n] ðone man betyhð, ðe bið læssa maga ðone se cyninges ðegn.lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) Pref. 1 Forþam ic lære ælcne ðara þe maga si and manigne wæn hæbbe, þæt he menige to þam ilcan wuda þar ic ðas stuðansceaftas cearf. The existence of the corresponding positive adjective (as well as noun) in Old English supports the view that even in its negative form the word is primarily adjectival, although no clear adjectival examples of the negative are attested before Middle English.

Obsolete.

A. n.

A poor or helpless person; a person who relies on another for maintenance, a dependant.

ΚΠ

eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) xvii. 58 Gif hwa oðrum his unmagan oðfæste, & he hine on ðære fæstinge forferie, getriowe hine facnes se ðe hine fede, gif hine hwa hwelces teo.

OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 94 And he..hæfde hi for dohtor, forðan þe hire dead wæs ge fæder, ge modor, þa þa heo unmaga wæs.

OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) lxviii. §1a. 354 Forðam a man sceal þam unstrangan men for Godes lufe & ege liþelicor deman & scrifon þonne þam strangan; forþamðe ne mæg se unmaga þam magan, we witon full georne, gelice byrðene ahebban, ne se unhala þam halan gelice.

lOE Canterbury Psalter xxxvi. 14 Gladium evaginaverunt peccatores..ut deiciant inopem et pauperem : sweord of sceaðe atugon þæ synfullan..þet hi æwiorpen unmagan & wedlen uel þearfan.

B. adj.

Helpless, powerless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > helpless

unmawec1380

shiftless1562

assistless1718

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2658 Barouns fulle on hem [sc. the Saracens] ful sone, or þay wern y-diȝte..He [sc. Roland] hew of heuedes, armes, & haunde of þe Sarasyns þat were on mawe.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2766 Þese vytailles ther haþ he cast in-to þe dych adoun..Hwich þe Sarazyns þat were ounmawe angryde in euery syde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unmawe
释义	† unmawen.adj. Forms: Old English unmaga, Middle English onmawe (south-western), Middle English ounmawe (south-western). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German unmag , (weak form) unmago (adjective; chiefly weak) wanting in strength, feeble, powerless, Old Icelandic úmagi (noun) poor or helpless person, dependant (Icelandic ómagi ), Old Swedish omaghi (noun) poor or helpless person (Swedish regional omaga child) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of may v.¹Compare the corresponding positive form represented by Old English maga (weak adjective) able, strong, powerful, (noun) strong or powerful person (see also quot. OE² at sense A.):OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) iv. 179 Þa preostas þe aðer oððe agen wylla oððe mage ælmeshand hæfenlease gedyde [L. clerici quos uoluntas aut natiuitas pauperes fecit].lOE Laws: Ælfred & Guthrum's Peace (Corpus Cambr.) iii. 126 Gif ma[n] ðone man betyhð, ðe bið læssa maga ðone se cyninges ðegn.lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) Pref. 1 Forþam ic lære ælcne ðara þe maga si and manigne wæn hæbbe, þæt he menige to þam ilcan wuda þar ic ðas stuðansceaftas cearf. The existence of the corresponding positive adjective (as well as noun) in Old English supports the view that even in its negative form the word is primarily adjectival, although no clear adjectival examples of the negative are attested before Middle English. Obsolete. A. n. A poor or helpless person; a person who relies on another for maintenance, a dependant. ΚΠ eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) xvii. 58 Gif hwa oðrum his unmagan oðfæste, & he hine on ðære fæstinge forferie, getriowe hine facnes se ðe hine fede, gif hine hwa hwelces teo. OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 94 And he..hæfde hi for dohtor, forðan þe hire dead wæs ge fæder, ge modor, þa þa heo unmaga wæs. OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) lxviii. §1a. 354 Forðam a man sceal þam unstrangan men for Godes lufe & ege liþelicor deman & scrifon þonne þam strangan; forþamðe ne mæg se unmaga þam magan, we witon full georne, gelice byrðene ahebban, ne se unhala þam halan gelice. lOE Canterbury Psalter xxxvi. 14 Gladium evaginaverunt peccatores..ut deiciant inopem et pauperem : sweord of sceaðe atugon þæ synfullan..þet hi æwiorpen unmagan & wedlen uel þearfan. B. adj. Helpless, powerless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > helpless unmawec1380 shiftless1562 assistless1718 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2658 Barouns fulle on hem [sc. the Saracens] ful sone, or þay wern y-diȝte..He [sc. Roland] hew of heuedes, armes, & haunde of þe Sarasyns þat were on mawe. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2766 Þese vytailles ther haþ he cast in-to þe dych adoun..Hwich þe Sarazyns þat were ounmawe angryde in euery syde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.eOE
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