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un-earg (-earh) adj not cowardly, brave
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EARG,
earh;
comp.
eargra,
earhra;
sup.
eargost;
adj.
I.
inert,
weak,
timid,
cowardly;
iners,
ign
vus,
segnis,
t
mdus
:--
Se
earga
féðe
Brytta
cies
segnis
Britt
num,
Bd.
1,
12;
S.
481,
19.
Ful
oft
mon
wearnum
tíhþ
eargne
full
oft
one
urges
the
inert
with
threats,
Exon.
92
a;
Th.
345,
14;
Gn.
Ex.
188.
Ne
biþ
swylc
earges
síþ
such
is
not
the
path
of
the
cowardly,
Beo.
Th.
5076;
B.
2541:
Ors.
6,
36;
Bos.
131,
27.
II.
evil,
wretched,
vile;
prvus,
imprbus
:--
Ða
cyningas,
ðe
æfter
Romuluse
rícsedan,
w
ran
eargran
ðonne
he
wre
the
kings
who
reigned
after
Romulus,
were
more
vile
than
he
was.
Ors.
2,
2;
Bos.
41,
24.
Tarcuinius
hiora
eallra
eargost
wæs
Tarquin
was
the
most
vile
of
them
all,
2,
2;
Bos.
41,
26.
Swá
fela
eargra
worda
so
many
evil
words,
Cd.
27;
Th.
36,
32;
Gen.
580:
Exon.
26
b;
Th.
79,
29;
Cri.
1298.
[Chauc,
erke
indolent,
indisposed:
Laym.
eær
h
timid:
Scot.
arch,
argh,
ergh
averse:
Frs.
erg
bad,
wicked:
O.
Frs.
erch,
erg,
arg
bad:
Dut.
erg
bad;
Ger.
arg
bad,
wicked:
M.
H.
Ger.
arc
mlus,
prvus:
O.
H.
Ger.
arg
avrus,
prvus:
Dan.
arg,
arrig
bad,
wicked,
passionate:
Swed.
arg
angry:
Icel.
argr
emasculate,
effeminate.]
DER.
un-earg.
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