† unthewn.
Obsolete.
A bad habit or custom; a vice.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > instance of corruption > [noun]
unthewc897
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vicea1300
misthewa1325
fault1377
mistetch?c1450
depravity1641
vitiosity1643
cachexy1652
misteach1803
vileness1863
unvirtue1869
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > a vice or bad habit
unthewc897
miswonea1200
unlawc1225
vicea1300
misthewa1325
mistetch?c1450
bestiality1594
vitiosity1643
misteach1803
unvirtue1869
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care 23 Feorðe [ðara dæla] is hu he his agene unðeawas ongietan wille.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 107 Twelf unþeawes beoð on þissere weorlde to hermen alle monnen.
a1200 Moral Ode 346 Þat buð ða þe heom sculdeð ȝeorne wid elche un-ðeawe.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 194 He is of worde swyþe gleu, And him is loþ eurich vnþeu.
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4850 A chylde Þat wyþ vnþewys wexyþ wylde, Þat wyl boþe myssey and do.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 54 Þe conscience, þat chases owte alle vnthewes, and calles in alle gud vertus.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 190 Man may mysse þe myrþe, þat much is to prayse, For such vnþewez as þise & þole much payne.
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