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unˈsicker, a. Obs. exc. Sc.
[un-1 7. Cf. NFris. unseker, MDu. onseker (Du. onzeker), MLG. unseker, OHG. unsichûre (MHG. and G. unsicher), MDa. usekker, Da. usikker, Sw. osäker.]
Uncertain; unsafe; insecure.
a1225Ancr. R. 144 Deað þet we beoð siker of & unsiker hwonne. c1325Metr. Hom. 83 Gode ensaumpil may thai lere, Unsikir of thaim self to be. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9636 Bot þer hap was al vnsyker; For synne of Octa..Dide al his felawes & hym be lorn. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 327 Þe buldyng uppon..unsikergrounde bygynneþ to slyde. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 41 Thus vnsikir of my smal lyfloode. 1470–85Malory Arthur xvii. xxiii. 724 Galahad prayed yow to remembre of this vnsyker world. 1533Bellenden Livy iv. v. (S.T.S.) II. 66 He had levir returne to rome with sikkir victorie þan vnsikkir pece of wolchis. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 33 It was wnsickir to comit his lyfe and honoure in the binding wp of bandis witht the Earle of Douglas. 1796Burns To Colonel de Peyster iii, Dame Life,..Oh! flickering, feeble, and unsicker I've found her still. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 5 Thou..flaff't thy wings, and in a crack Flew frae th' unsicker stance!
Hence unˈsickerness, uncertainty. Also unˈsickerly, unsafely, insecurely.
c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 9049 Alle þe sykernes þat had Ennoc and Ely..War noght bot als unsykernes. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 287 Þou schalt have..unsikernes.. of þy children ende. a1400Morte Arth. 966 Thow saynned the vnsekyrly to seke to these mountez. c1440Jacob's Well 221 A-forn me I se vnsykernes to wyth-stonde feendys þat temptyn me. a1568in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Cl.) 201/55 With wrechitnes wofull away thow wendis; The deid certane, the hour vnsickirnes. |