unsyfre

Old English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sȳfre (“pure”). Compare Dutch onzuiver (“impure, mixed”) and German unsauber (“unclean, untidy, inaccurate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunˌsyːf.re/, [ˈunˌsyːv.re]

Adjective

unsȳfre

1. impure, unclean, foul

Declension

Declension of unsȳfre — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsȳfre	unsȳfru, unsȳfro	unsȳfre
Accusative	unsȳferne	unsȳfre	unsȳfre
Genitive	unsȳfres	unsȳfre	unsȳfres
Dative	unsȳfrum	unsȳfre	unsȳfrum
Instrumental	unsȳfre	unsȳfre	unsȳfre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsȳfre	unsȳfra, unsȳfre	unsȳfru, unsȳfro
Accusative	unsȳfre	unsȳfra, unsȳfre	unsȳfru, unsȳfro
Genitive	unsȳfra	unsȳfra	unsȳfra
Dative	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum
Instrumental	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum

Declension of unsȳfre — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsȳfra	unsȳfre	unsȳfre
Accusative	unsȳfran	unsȳfran	unsȳfre
Genitive	unsȳfran	unsȳfran	unsȳfran
Dative	unsȳfran	unsȳfran	unsȳfran
Instrumental	unsȳfran	unsȳfran	unsȳfran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	unsȳfran	unsȳfran	unsȳfran
Accusative	unsȳfran	unsȳfran	unsȳfran
Genitive	unsȳfra, unsȳfrena	unsȳfra, unsȳfrena	unsȳfra, unsȳfrena
Dative	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum
Instrumental	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum	unsȳfrum

Derived terms

• unsȳferlīċ
• unsȳferness

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “unsȳfre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.