unlief

From Middle English unleeffe, unlef, from Old English unlēof (“not dear, not beloved, odious, hateful”), from Proto-West Germanic *unleub (“unloved, unpleasant”), from Proto-Germanic *unleubaz (“not dear, unpleasant”). By surface analysis, un- +‎ lief. Cognate with Dutch onlief, German unlieb, Icelandic óljúfur (“unpleasant”).