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unˈfeirie, a. Sc.
Also 6 vn-, onfery, vnfeire, 8 unfiery, 8–9 unfeary, 9 onfeirie.
[un-1 7.]
Inactive; incapable of exertion.
1513Douglas æneid x. xiv. 70 Thocht the violens of his sayr smart Maid hym onfery [v.r. vnfery]. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 437 Cruikit he wes, ynfeire of his cors. a1736T. Whittell Poems (1815) 170 But Sawney grew weary,..Being auld, and unfeary, and fail'd of his strength. a1779Graham Writings (1883) II. 32 The auld beast being unfiery o' the feet, she fundred. 1806R. Jamieson Pop. Ball. II. 171 Thoch auld onfeirie and lyart I'm now. 1809Scott Let. in Lockhart II. vii. 263 Coursing is my only and constant amusement, and my valued pair of four-legged champions..wax old and unfeary. |