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单词 unorn
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unornadj.

Forms: Old English–Middle English unorne, early Middle English unnorne ( Ormulum), Middle English vnhourne, Middle English vnorn, Middle English vnorne, Middle English vnourne, Middle English unourne.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, orne adj.1
Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix1 + orne adj.1 With sense 2 compare earlier unornly adj.
Obsolete.
1. Of a person: plain (in manners or appearance); lowly, humble, modest; mean, wretched; decrepit.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adjective] > common
unornOE
commona1382
vulgar1530
popular1533
plain1542
dunghill1548
ordinarya1586
plebeious1610
roturier1614
terraefilian1887
OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 256 Dunnere þa cwæð,..unorne ceorl, ofer eall clypode.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4884 Forr godess sune..Warrþ an unnorrne & wrecche mann.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Ancre þe naueð naut nech hont hire fode. beoð bisie twa wimmen..& þeo beo ful unorne. oðer of feiȝer ealde.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1492 Ȝef hire lauerd is for wurde An un orne at bedde & at borde.
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 330 Ne spek ihc noȝt wiþ horn, Nis he noȝt so vnorn; Horn is fairer þane beo he.
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. l. 7485 Episcropus that schrewe vnorne Might not his word performe.
c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 70 (MED) Myne enemyes myȝtili me assay, I waxe feble and vnourne.
1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) iv. xxvii. sig. ovi/1 Suche shall ye be..feble vnourne and loth to the syght.
2. Of a thing: poor or inferior in quality, amount, or appearance. Cf. unornly adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > wretched thing > [adjective]
litherc1000
unornlyOE
unwrasta1122
unornc1175
lewd1362
rascal1519
rascally1600
ratty1867
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 828 I þe wesste þær he wass Hiss fode wass unnorne.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 85 Þenne he brohte hine uppen his werue, þet is unorne mare, þet bitacneð ure unorne fleis.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 317 Mi stefne is blod [read bold] & noȝt un orne.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xiii. 193 Ȝif þe nose lackeþ, al þe oþir del of þe face is þe more vnhourne and vnsemeliche.

Derivatives

unornship n. rare plainness, humbleness.
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c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 217 Nes neauer fulðe godd leof, þah pouerte & unorneschipe beon him licwurðe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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