unharmedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɑːmd/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɑrmd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 227 And y bi-hote ȝou her vnharmed to leue.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1804 Howe shuld o sely lombe, a-mong wolvis weld, And scape[n] vn-i-harmyd?
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 154 He sall seurly cum & gang vnharmyt of me or ony of myn.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 51 Thocht I offend, onhermit is thine fame.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 40 Wasd for this (moother) that mee throgh danger vnharmed You led?
1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest ii. 25 Prosp. No courage can resist 'em. Hip. How then have you, Sir, Liv'd so long unharm'd among them?
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 17 Themselves unharmfull, let them live unharm'd; Their jaws disabl'd, and their claws disarm'd.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. v. 197 I will also give New raiment for thy limbs, and will dispatch Winds after thee to waft thee home unharm'd.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 327 Here he might possibly have remained unharmed and harmless, had not an event..made his enemies implacable.
1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar iii. vi What a mercy we're safe and unharmed.
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