unspeeredadj.
Latterly Scottish.
Unasked; without inquiry. Also with at.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [adjective] > asked > not
unspeeredc1400
unquestioned1595
uninquired1725
unenquireda1818
unput1897
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > unasked
unbiddenc1010
unboonedc1175
unaskeda1255
unfrayneda1275
uncalleda1400
unbid14..
unprayeda1402
unrequiredc1425
undesired1470
unchargedc1485
uncommandeda1535
unrequested1564
unsolicited1594
unsued1594
unsought1598
unspeeredc1598
unentreated1601
unimportuned?1611
unurgeda1616
uninvited1632
unsupplicated1634
unpetitioned1639
uninterrogated1803
unsolicitated1807
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 918 Wich spede is in speche, vnspurd may we lerne.
a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 641/44 Than suld I..cum to yow, I ken the gait onsperd.
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. Epistle 10 It uill not cum uncalld nor speake unspearid at.
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