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unˈstrong, a. Obs. or dial. [OE. unstrang, f. un- un-1 7 + strang strong a.] Not strong; feeble, weak. Also absol.
a900O.E. Martyrol. 13 Aug. 146 His þrowung wæs þe lengre..þy þe hyra handa wæron unstrange hine to acwellanne. c960Rule St. Benedict (1885) lxiv. 121 Þæt þa strangan furðor wilnien, and þa unstrangan..heora þeowdom ne forfleon. c1200Ormin 7911 Maȝȝdenn child iss all unnstrang Affterr wifmanne kinde. a1250Owl & Night. 561 Þu art lutel and vnstrong. 13..R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. G. 49 Her was hunger & hete; wo was þe vnstronge. 1382Wyclif 1 Cor. xi. 30 Therfore among ȝou manye syke, and vnstronge, or feble. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xiii. (Bodl. MS.), Breste plates and oþer armure bi þe whiche vnstronge places of mannes bodie beþ warded. c1440Pallad. on Husb. i. 1110 The chaumburs in the bathis may be wrought..other weyis fele..al though they be vnstrenger [v.r. unstronger]. 1868Atkinson Cleveland Gloss. 551 He's varrey unstrong, puir chap. |