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unˈbain, a. Now only dial.
Also 4–5 vnbayn(e, -bein, 5 -beyne, 9 dial. unbane.
[f. un-1 7 + bain a., or ad. ON. úbeinn not straight, crooked (Norw. ubein crooked, awkward).]
†1. Not ready or willing; disobedient. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 17735 He sal find mani bern vnbain, For mani sal him sai again. c1400Rule St. Benet (Verse) 1639 If ony be so vnbayne In word or werk to groch ogayn,..With penance sal scho be chastid. c1460Towneley Myst. xxiv. 356 Thou shall forthynk it, in fayth; Fy, what thou art fre! vnbychid, vnbayn! a1500Chester Pl. ii. 338 Thus shalt thou lyve,..for thou hast bene to me vnbeyne.
†b. Unfriendly, disagreeable. Obs.
a1300Prov. Hending in Anglia IV. 186 Drawe þine honde sone aȝein, Ȝef man doth þe ouht unbein, Þar þine herte is ilende.
†2. Slow, inactive. Obs.—1
a1470Harding Chron. lxiii. xii, So was he kyng of Brytain then again, And sone then after, he fell in age vnbain.
3. dial. Inconvenient, awkward.
1828Craven Gloss., Unbane, inconvenient, distant. 1863Mrs. Toogood Spec. Yorksh. Dial. (MS.), I ought to have a fork; the spade is very unbane for the work. 1899Leeds Merc. Suppl. 5 Aug. (E.D.D.), T' doors is as unbane as can be. |