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▪ I. † unˈstrength, n. Obs.
[un-1 12.]
Lack of strength; weakness, feebleness.
c1200Ormin 16915 Þatt follc þatt..nohht ne darr ȝet stiȝhenn upp To follȝhenn heȝhe mahhtess..Forr hiss flæshess unnstrenncþe. a1225Ancr. R. 232 We iknowen ure owune feblesce & ure owune muchele unstrencðe. a1250Owl & Night. 751 Hwy atwitestu me myne vnstrengþe? 1382Wyclif 2 Macc. iii. 24 Alle that weren hardye for to obeye to hym..weren togidre turnyd in to vnbyndynge, or vnstrengthe, and inward dreed.
▪ II. † unˈstrength, v. Obs.
[un-2 6 b.]
trans. To weaken, enfeeble.
a1225Ancr. R. 138 Þis fette kelf haueð þe ueondes strencðe to unstrencðen, & forte makien buwen touward sunne. Ibid. 274 Heo unstrencðeð þe unwhit [v.r. unwicht] & deð him suluen o fluhte anonrihte. |