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† unsel, a. and n. Sc. and north. Obs.
Also 6 vnsall, -sale, -sell, 7 ouncel.
[var. of unsele a.]
1. adj. Unlucky, wretched; wicked.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xv. 40 Gais furth, I send ȝou, I ȝou tel, as lammys amang wolfis vnsel. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xiv. 79 Off Sathanis senȝie syne sic ane vnsall menȝie..was nevir hard nor sene. a1583Montgomerie Flyting 87 (Tullib. MS.), Arpit angrie Ettercoip, and auld vnsell aip. a1614J. Melvill Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 49, I haiff dreamed an unsell dream.
b. As adv. Wickedly, vilely.
a1583Polwart Flyting w. Montgomerie 622 (Tullib. MS.), He was ane fals schismatik, notorlie namit; Baith hurdome, & homeceid, vnsell he vsit.
2. n. A vile or worthless person; a wretch.
kittie unsel (Sc.): see kitty1 1.
155.Lyndesay Play 2038 (Bann. MS.), Quhat sayis thow, cairle, art thow Gud Counsale? Swyth, pass the hence, vnhappy vnsale. a1583Montgomerie Flyting 282 There ane elf on ane ape ane vnsell begat. 1677Nicolson in Trans. Royal Soc. Lit. IX. 321 Unsell, wretched fellow. 1691Ray N. Co. Words (ed. 2) 150 Unsel, Nomen..opprobriosum. 1825Jamieson s.v., In Dumfries-shire, Scoury unsell is a contemptuous designation applied to a child, by one who is in bad humour. 1894Northumb. Gloss. 757.
b. The Evil One. rare.
c1669Garbutt One Come from Dead (1675) 27 He is right the Devils Child, the Ouncels Elfe. Ibid. 26. |