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† unˈthende, a. Obs.
[ME. unthēnde, f. un- un-1 10 + thēnde, pres. pple. of thee v.1]
1. Not in good condition; bad or poor in quality or kind.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 177, I ete there vnthende fisshe and fieble ale drynke. a1400Partonope 6660 He was so megere and so vnthende,..So hugely wasted a-wey is he. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 27 My penne also..ful ny is waxyn unthende. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) i. iv. 35/2 Oftentyme that crosse that the preest holdeth in his honde is full unreuerenced & unthende.
b. Unwholesome.
c1425Cast. Persev. 2262 in Macro Plays 145 Þi metis & drynkys arn vnthende, whanne þei are out of mesure take.
2. Unthriving; unprosperous.
c1400Pety Job 654 in 26 Pol. Poems 142 The worldes wyles ryght nat me payes, For they ben false and full vnthende. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2464 Rightwisnesse..out of this ile Purposeth fully for to fare & wende, So is our reule vnthrifty & vnthende. c1425Cast. Persev. 510 in Macro Plays 92 Who-so wyl alwey foly fle, In þis werld schal ben vnthende.
b. Weak, feeble.
c1425Cast. Persev. 287 in Macro Plays 85 Nakyd I am, as ȝe may se. a! Lord God in trinite! Whow Mankende is vnthende! c1440Promp. Parv. 367/2 On-thende, invalidus.
Hence † unˈthendely adv. Obs.
c1440Promp. Parv. 367/2 On-thendly, invalide. |