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† unˈhold, a. (and n.) Obs.
[OE. unhold (f. un-1 7 + hold a.), = MDu. onhout, Flem. (Kilian) onhoud, OS., OHG., G. unhold, MLG., MHG. unholt; MSw. ohulder (ohwl, ohull), MDa. uhuld.]
1. Unfaithful; disloyal; false.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 556 Se unholda ðeowa wearð ða aworpen on þam yttrum þeostrum. c1395Plowman's Tale 473 Hir servaunts be to hem unhold, But they can doublin hir rentall To bigge hem castels.
2. Of persons: Exhibiting dislike or hostility; unfriendly, hostile.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. ii. xii. (1890) 132 Swa..he him þa sætunge þa ᵹewearonode þæs unholdan cyninges [L. regis sibi infesti]. c1050O.E. Chron. an. 1040 (Tiberius B. i), Him wæs þa unhold eall þæt his ær ᵹyrnde. c1320Sir Tristr. 936 Marke schuld ȝeld vnhold..Þre hundred pounde of gold.
b. Of events: Troublesome, disastrous.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. iv. 24 He mai..sore ben fered on folde, Lest he to harmes helde, ant happes hente un-holde.
3. absol. or as n. An enemy or foe.
a1200Moral Ode 36 (Lamb. MS.), Monies monnes sare iswinc habbeð oft unholde. a1225Ancr. R. 222 Vnholde uor-ureten þe strencðe of his soule, & he hit nout nuste. |