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† uˈneaths, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 3 uneðes, 4 uneþes, 4–6 unethes (5–6 -is), 5 onethes (-ys), anedes, 6 uneathes. β. 2–3 unneðes, 4 unneþes (-is, -ys, -us), 4–6 unnethes (4–5 -is, 5 -ys), 5 onnethis. γ. 4 uneths, 4–5, 7 unneths. δ. north. and Sc. 4 unees, 4–5 un(n)ese, 5 onnese, un(h)es, unnes, wnes, 5–6 uneis, 6 uneais.
[f. prec. + -s1.]
1. = uneath adv. 1.
α, β, γc1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 179 Unneðes hie winnen ȝiet here louerdes rihttes. c1220Bestiary 134 He..nimeð vnneðes ðuræ, for his fel he ðer leteð. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2341 He dede halle ut ðe toðere gon, And spac un-eðes, so e gret. a1300Cursor M. 12686 Hes knes war bolnd sua þat he ne moght vnnethes ga. Ibid. 20982 Vneths he bar lif a-way. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1176 Byhinde, bifore, on þeym þei cam, Vneþes any a-wey þer nam. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 22 Þei wolen travaile..so bisily þat vnneþis may þei at reste seie metenes or masse. 1450Paston Lett. I. 124, I..have soo wesshe this litel bille with sorwfulle terys, that on-ethes ye shalle reede it. 1482Monk of Evesham iv. (Arb.) 23 In a voyce onethys audybille and noo thyng intelligibille. c1520Barclay Jugurth (1557) 7 b, Vnnethes coude he with moche paine induce him therto. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 135 Rockes..of suche heyght, that..the toppe of them myght vnnethes be sene. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 1 Vneathes it can refraine From that, which feeble nature couets faine. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 22 For unneths shall we finde a man..but hath a tang one of these two wayes. 1635Heywood Hierarchy ix. 579 He lifts at juggs.., but they..Had been so well fill'd, that he vnneths may Aduance them..to his head.
δa1300Cursor M. 1648 Al ar þai worthþi for to wite, vnnes es ani funden quite. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xix. (Christopher) 247 þe lytil barne..wox [h]euiare mare & mare, þat vnese oure þe watir he wane. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 342 There sal cum slik slete and rayne, That unnese sal thou stand ogayne. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 282 Þar was a grete clernes of lyght,..Vnnes þar on men luke myght. c1475Ranf Coilȝear 157 He start vp stoutly agane—vneis micht he stand. 1500–20Dunbar Poems lxxii. 45 Vueis with lyf he mycht sustene That croune.
2. = uneath adv. 2 a.
1388Wyclif Gen. xxxiii. 11 Vnnethis, while the brothir compellide, he resseyuede, and seide, Go we to gidere.
3. = uneath adv. 3.
a1300Cursor M. 8159 Vnnethes [Gött. vnese] had he monid his mode, Þat a lem fra þe wandes stode. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 476 For unnethes es a child born fully Þat it ne bygynnes to..cry. 1388Wyclif Gen. xxvii. 30 Vnnethis Isaac hadde fillid the word, and..Esau cam. |