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† unˈorn, a. Obs.
[OE. unorne, f. un- un-1 7 + orne unusual, excessive (?).]
1. Of persons: Plain (in manners or appearance); humble, simple; mean, wretched.
c1000Battle of Maldon 256 Dunnere þa cwæð,..unorne ceorl ofer eall clypode. c1200Ormin 4884 Forr Godess Sune..Warrþ an unnorne & wrecche mann. a1225Ancr. R. 424 Ancre þet naueð nout neih hond hire uode, beoð bisie two wummen,..and þeo beo ful unorne, oðer of feir elde. a1250Owl & Night. 1492 If hire louerd is forwurþe & vnorne at bedde and at borde. a1300K. Horn 330 Ne spek ihc noȝt wiþ horn, Nis he noȝt so unorn; Horn is fairer þane beo he. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 7485 Episcropus that schrewe vnorne Might not his word performe. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) iv. xxvii. 195/1 Suche ye shall be.., feble, unourne, & loth to the syght.
transf.c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 876 Now age vnourne a-wey putteþ fauour, Þat floury youþe in his seson conquerde.
2. Of things: Poor or inferior in quality, amount, or appearance.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 85 Þenne he brohte hine uppen his werue, þet is unorne mare, þet bitacned ure unorne fleis. c1200Ormin 828, I þe wesste þær he wass Hiss fode wass unnorne. a1225Ancr. R. 108 Uorto leren ancren þet heo ne gruchie neuermore uor none mete, ne uor none drunche, ne beo hit neuer so unorne. a1250Owl & Night. 317 Mi stefne is bold & nouht vnorne. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xiii. (Tollem. MS.), Yf þe nose lakkeþ, all þe toþer del of þe face is þe more unhorne and unsemely.
Hence † unˈornly adv. Obs.
c1200Ormin 3750 Þatt te birrþ aȝȝ..lætenn swiþe unnorneliȝ & litell off þe sellfenn. Ibid. 4858. c 1300 Havelok 1941 Me wore leuere i wore lame, Þanne men dide him ani shame,..or onne handes leyde, Vn-ornelike. |