untrustn.
1. Unbelief, distrust. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun]
untrust?c1225
misbelief1340
misfaitha1382
misbeliefnessc1390
discredence?a1475
miscredit1565
discredit1567
infidelity1578
unconvincedness1642
disbelieving1645
scepticism1646
unbelief1649
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
misbelieving1737
disfaith1870
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [noun]
ortrowthc1175
ortrowa1200
untrust?c1225
suspicion1303
suspectiona1340
mistrowa1375
overtrowa1375
misfaitha1382
jealousyc1385
suspectc1386
misdoubtingc1390
untrist1390
mistrowinga1393
mistrusta1393
mistrista1400
supposinga1400
untrestc1400
wantrustc1405
diffidencea1425
misdeemingc1450
untrustingc1450
discredence?a1475
surmise1509
suspensea1513
diffidency1537
distrust1548
distrusting1549
misdoubt1558
discredit1567
misgiving1582
scruple1597
disconfidence1620
inconfidence1627
disaffiance1631
non-fiance1643
defiance1662
suspiciencya1690
reservation1719
disfaith1870
méfiance1876
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 247 Þeos twa unðeawes untrust & ouer trust. beoð þe deofles tristen.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. iv. 20 In the byheeste of God he doutide not with vntrust.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 147 This fievere of Jelousie Somdel..groweth of sotie, Of love, and somdiel of untrust.
1421–2 T. Hoccleve Dialog 336 Frendshipes lawe nat worth wer a myte, If þat vntrust vn-to it wer annexid; Vntrust hath many a wight ful sore vexid.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 153 Alas!.. For my grett dowth and fals beleve,..My fals vn~trost hath wrought myscheve!
1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. M.j Condemde thou art for thine vntruste.
1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 152 We should linger over the words ‘Our Father’, till nothing of doubt, or untrust, remains.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun]
unwitternessa1300
were1303
unsickernessc1340
uncertaintyc1380
non-certainc1390
doubta1400
unsureness1430
untrust1430
unsuretyc1460
non-certainty1475
incertain1502
doubtfulness1530
uncertitudea1556
incertitude1603
incertainty1609
dubiosity1646
dubiousness1651
dubietyc1750
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun]
unsadnessc1384
slipperness1401
slithernessa1492
untrust1563
lubricity1613
slipperinessa1618
fallacy1646
fallibleness1646
inevidence1658
undeterminationa1676
unevidencea1676
infidelity1777
untrustworthiness1808
unreliability1809
unreliableness1844
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Prologue 429 To shewe thun~trust off al worldli thyng.
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) sig. X ii Of my death let..princes wete The worldes vntrust, that they there~by be taught.
1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued viii. sig. H3 Suche is the vntruste that is in man, moe men can speake plausibly in time of good happe,..then [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† untrustv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To have no confidence; to be in despair.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > despair [verb (intransitive)]
ortrowOE
untrust?c1225
despaira1340
wantrokec1350
desespeirec1380
mishopea1400
to be despairedc1400
wanhopea1425
to sit beside the saddle1563
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 247 Dred wiðuten hope Makeð mon untrusten. & hope wið ute dred Makeð ouer trusten.
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