unblithe

The mighty chief, atheling excellent, unblithe sat, labored in woe for the loss of his thanes, when once had been traced the trail of the fiend, spirit accurst: too cruel that sorrow, too long, too loathsome.

Beowulf 2003

The mighty chief, atheling excellent, unblithe sat, labored in woe for the loss of his thanes, when once had been traced the trail of the fiend, spirit accurst: too cruel that sorrow, too long, too loathsome.

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

The mighty chief, atheling excellent, unblithe sat, labored in woe for the loss of his thanes, when once had been traced the trail of the fiend, spirit accurst: too cruel that sorrow, too long, too loathsome.

Beowulf, translated by Francis Gummere 2003

And unblithe they wended under the Ernes-ness, 3030

The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous

"The mighty prince, a noble of old goodness, sat unblithe; the strong in armies suffered, the thanes endured sorrow, after they beheld the track of the hated one, the accursed spirit."

English Literature for Boys and Girls

The seneschal held in his hand the false sword, well hidden in its sheath, and the while Sir Gawain made him ready did he gird it at his side -- for that was the knight thereafter unblithe.

The Romance of Morien Jessie Laidlay Weston 1889

Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, alone, for them all, and unblithe wept by day and by night, till death's fell wave o'erwhelmed his heart.

Beowulf Anonymous 1887

The mighty chief, atheling excellent, unblithe sat, labored in woe for the loss of his thanes, when once had been traced the trail of the fiend, spirit accurst: too cruel that sorrow, too long, too loathsome.

Beowulf Anonymous 1887

‘unhasty’ (Spenser); ‘blithe’, but not ‘unblithe’; ‘ease’, but not

English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

Mournful of mood, thus he moaned his woe, alone, for them all, and unblithe wept by day and by night, till death’s fell wave o’erwhelmed his heart.

Beowulf 2003