uneath

1 of 2

adjective

un·​eath

"+

archaic

: not easy : difficult, hard

who he was, uneath was to descry

—Edmund Spenser

uneath

2 of 2

adverb

"

archaic

: not easily : with difficulty : scarcely

I uneath the fancy might control

—S. T. Coleridge

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English uneathe, from Old English unēathe, from un- entry 1 + ēathe easy

Adverb

Middle English uneathe, from Old English unēathe, from unēathe uneasy

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