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▪ I. unˈright, n. Obs. exc. arch.
[OE. unriht (f. un- un-1 12 + riht right n.1), = OFris. on-, unriucht (WFris. on-, ûnrjucht, NFris. ünrocht), MDu. (Du.) onrecht, OS. unreht (MLG., LG. unrecht, LG. -regt), OHG. (MHG.) unreht (G. unrecht), Norw. urett, (M)Da. uret, (M)Sw. orätt.]
1. Wrong, wrong-doing, iniquity.
Beowulf 1264 Siþðan goldsele Grendel warode, unriht æfnde. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1100, He on middewardan his unrihte buten behreowsunge..ᵹewat. c1205Lay. 6553 Vnriht him wes leof, and rihtwisnesse him wes lað. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11513 Com, & amende þyn vnright, Þat þou so slowe ffrolle oure knyght. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 91 Þis is a trewe man, and unriȝt is not in him. c1449Pecock Repr. v. iii. 498 The oon [god] is maker of riȝt and of good thingis, and the other is maker of vnriȝt and of badde thingis. a1547Surrey in Early XVI Cent. Lyrics xlv. 46 Prowd people that drede no fall, clothed with falshed and vnright. 1578Proctor Gorgeous Gallery Inventions B ij, Well mayst thou wayle thy want of troth; & rue thy great vnright. 1610H. Broughton Job xxvii. 4 My lippes shall not speak the vnright. [1876Freeman Norm. Conq. V. xxiv. 394 It was because they still spake of right that right in the end outlived unright.]
b. In the phr. to do (or work) unright.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §3 Forþamðe ðu ær cwæde ðæt he unriht dyde þæt he lete unwitnod ða yflan. c1000ælfric Deut. xxxi. 29 Þonne ᵹe unriht wirceað beforan drihtene. a1300Cursor M. 24158 Ye Iuus,..Vn-reufulli yee wirc vnright. 13..Ibid. 5084 (Gött.), I am a-knau i did vnriht. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 5040 [God] may done non vnright. 1535Coverdale Zeph. iii. 5 But the iust Lorde that doth no vnright, was amonge them. a1547Surrey in Early XVI Cent. Lyrics xlv. 16 All such as wourke vn⁓right. 1607J. Davies Summa Totalis G 2, With neither Will, nor Pow'r to do vnright.
2. Unfairness, injustice (done or suffered).
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §9 Hwylc unriht mæᵹ beon mare þonne ᵹeþafiᵹe [etc.]. c1020Ags. Laws (Thorpe) I. 388 We nellað ᵹeþafian þæt unriht. c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal wissian mid wisdome his folke and unriht aleggen. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8625 More vnriȝt þan he dede ne miȝte nomon ise. c1325Spec. Gy Warw. 613 To suffre wrong and vnriht For þe loue of god almiht. c1400Beryn 557 That were grete vnryȝte, To aventur oppon a man þat with hym did nat fiȝte. 1456Cov. Leet Bk. 290 Boldly to fight, Yf any man of curage wold bid you vnright. 1530Tindale Pract. Prelates A v b, There was neuer creature that sofred so greate vnright so pacyentlye.. as he. 1581A. Hall Iliad ix. 162 Suffice it him he hath me wrongde, and that his own vnright Doth hel him like a man forlorne.
b. In phr. to do one unright, or variations of this.
c1200Vices & Virtues 113 Nis him idon non unriht. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1276 Ðor ben he boðen feren pliȝt, ðat here neiðer sal don oðer un-riȝt. 13..K. Alis. 7491 (Laud MS.), And amendyng I bidde þee to Of vnriȝth þat is me do. 1340Ayenb. 221 Hi ssolle loki hare bodi þe on to þe oþre..treweliche wyþ-oute do onriȝt þe on to þe oþren. c1402Lydg. Compl. Bl. Knt. 334 Notwithstonding his man⁓hood..Love unto him did ful greet unright. 1532Tindale Expos. Matt. (1550) F vij b, Be patient.., what soeuer vnright be done the. 1599Daniel Lett. Octauia to M. Antonius xxii, Is it, that loue doth take no true delight In what it hath,..Which drawes you on to doe vs this vnright?
3. with (also on) unright, wrongfully, unjustly.
Beowulf 2739 Ic..ne sohte searoniðas, ne me swor fela aða on unriht. a900K. ælfred Laws §1 Ne wilna þu þines nehstan ierfes mid unryhte. c1205Lay. 7374 Þu ahtest me to ȝulden ȝauel of þine londe, And þu hit halst on unriht. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4040 He nom it verst mid vnriȝt, & broȝte þat lond in wo. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1142 He loses hit ille, As hit were rafte wyth vnryȝt & robbed wyth þewes. a1425Cursor M. 19012 (Trin.), Þat ihesus..ȝe dude on rode wiþ vnriȝt. 1563Foxe A. & M. 564/1 To discerne in what wise ther iudgement passed, whether with right or vnright.
4. An instance of wrong or wrong-doing; a wrong or unjust act.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xvi. §4 Betwuh þyllecum un⁓rihtum wæs him [sc. Nero]..underþeod eall þes middanᵹeard. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1086, Maniᵹe oðre unriht hi dydan, þe sindon earfeþe to areccenne. c1200Vices & Virtues 79 Ða ðat he hadde mid maniȝe unrihtes biȝeten. a1300Cursor M. 11812 Þis herods..vn-rightes biginnes to ripe! c1380Sir Ferumb. 1031 Þe Sarasyns..schullaþ abigge þys ounriȝt. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 59 Draw to þe þe good wylles of þy subgitz, and putte away þaire vnryghtys and wronges. a1500Chester Pl. iii. 142, 40 dayes and 40 nightes Rayne shall fall for ther vnrightes. 1528Lyndesay Dreme 262 Partycipant thay wer of thare vnrychtis.
▪ II. unˈright, a.
[OE. unriht (f. un- un-1 7 + riht right a.), = OFris. on-, unriucht (WFris. on-, ûnrjucht, NFris. ünrocht), MDu. and obs. Du. onrecht, OS. unreht (MLG. and LG. unrecht, LG. -regt), OHG. (MHG.) unreht (G. unrecht), ON. úréttr (Norw. urett, Da. uret, MSw. orätter, Sw. orätt).]
1. Not right, just, or equitable; improper, unfair, wrong. Now Sc. or arch. (common in 16th c.).
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §3 Ic..wundrie forhwy swa rihtwis dema æniȝe unrihte ᵹife wille forᵹifan. c1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) cxviii. 104 Ic me betst oncneow, þæt ic unrihte weᵹas ealle of-eode. c1200Vices & Virtues 121 Unriht domesmann. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 8726 He let grede þoru al þe lond þe vnriȝte lawes vndo. c1375Cursor M. 26711 (Fairf.) He salle..on domisday haue wreyers harde, þat is to say..þe werlde, þe deuil, his didis vnriȝt. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xix. 415 Open it is..thilk deede or gouernaunce in him silf is vnriȝt and wrong. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 545/2 [To] walke in the commaundementes of life, & do nothing that is vnright. 1603J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosmos 157 These senseless spunges of Improbity Are full of pleasure, but it is vnright. 1627Bp. Hall Dauids Ps. Metaphr. i, The man vnright, As chaffe.., With euery blast Is cast on hie. 1856W. H. Gillespie Truth Evang. Hist. vii. 129 Such un-right and self-inconsistent deprivation. 1880G. Macdonald Diary Old Soul 16 Feb., If I should slow diverge..Into some thought, feeling, or dream unright.
absol.1610H. Broughton Job xxix. 17, I brake the tuskes of the vnright.
†2. Incorrect; inexact. Obs. rare.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 32 Amatus gyueth an vnryght duche name vnto Sion when he calleth it bauchbungen. 1591Wotton in Reliq. (1685) 641, I..alleg'd further, that the Copy was unright. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. i. 17 So many haue aleaged so many vnright and vnlykely causes thereof.
▪ III. † unˈright, adv. Obs.
[OE. unrihte (f. un- un-1 11 b + rihte right adv.), = MDu. onrechte (Du. onrecht), OS. and OHG. unrehto (MHG. unrehte, G. unrecht), Da. uret, Sw. orätt.]
Improperly; not in the right way; wrongly.
Beowulf 3059 Þa wæs ᵹesyne þæt se sið ne ðah þam ðe unrihte inne ᵹehydde wræte under wealle. a1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) cxviii. 78 Beon þa oferhydeᵹan ealle ᵹescende, þe me unrihte ahwær gretan. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 661 Hym thought..þat þe sonne wente his course vnright. a1400Northern Passion 1624 Þai lukyd tyll hys fete full bryght; Sone þai sayd þai lay vnryght [v.r. noghte aryghte]. c1480Henryson Test. Cres. 205 As King Royall he raid vpon his Chair, The quhilk Phaeton gydit sum tyme vnricht. 1513Douglas æneid xiii. Prol. 138 Gyf thou hes afore tyme gayn onrycht, Followand sa lang Virgill, a gentile clerk. 1555Coverdale tr. Bk. Death vii. 24 Therefore wryteth gregory not vnright whan he saith [etc.]. 1603J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosmos 167 See how blinde a Guide Is lothsome Lust, that leades men so vnright.
▪ IV. † unˈright, v.1 Obs. rare.
[f. unright n. or a. Cf. MDu. onrechten, MHG. unrechten, to do injustice, treat unjustly.]
trans. To wrong, injure.
1390Gower Conf. I. 176, I wolde swiche tales sprede..That I scholde al his love unrihte. Ibid. II. 355 That he thurgh eny sleihte myhte Hire lusti maidenhod unrihte. 1647in Rushworth Hist. Coll. iv. (1701) I. 555 Rather than they will be unrighted in the matter of their Honesty and Integrity,..they will lose all.
▪ V. † unˈright, v.2
[un-2 4. Cf. OFris. on(t)riuhta, MDu. ontrechten (Du. -richten), MLG. entrihten, OHG. intrihtan (MHG. entrechten, G. -richten).]
trans. To deprive of rights.
c1449Pecock Repr. iii. xvi. 386 This man mai not iustli be vnriȝtid and vnpossessid, that is to seie, be putt out of riȝt and out of possessioun of the seid..good. |