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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/unwirsch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
unwirsch
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unwirsch, adj., ‘cross, rude, morose,’ from MidHG. (rare) unwirs, usually unwirdesch, ‘unworthy, contemptuous, indignant, angry.’ Comp. MidHG. unwërt, ‘despised, unsuited, disagreeable’; allied to wert. See also wirsch.