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† unˈhend, a., n., and adv.
[un-1 7.]
1. Of persons: Discourteous, impolite; ungentle, rude, rough.
c1205Lay. 28826 Ne durste nauere nan vn-hende Þas kinges hus isechen. a1300Cursor M. 9023 Bot mistru nan..þat i Thinc sai o womman wilani, If i sua did i war vn⁓hind [v.r. vnhend]. Ibid. 28426 Gains godd i haue bene vn-hende, Þat i wit-halden ha my tende. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16022 But longe er hit was brought til ende, He was slayn wyþ folk vnhende. c1380Sir Ferumbras 1965 Þar-after schalt þow wende..And take þe kyng þat is ounhende. a1450Le Morte Arth. 1081 Off foo ne frend, the sothe to say, So vn-hend of thewis is ther none.
absol.c1460Towneley Myst. xx. 642 My comforth from care may ye sone wyn, If ye happely may hent that vnheynde.
2. Of acts, words, etc.: Unfitting, improper.
c1205Lay. 13265 Þe frume wes vnhende & al swa wes þe ænde. c1225Ancr. R. 204 Mid luue speche, cos, unhende gropunges, þet beoð heaued sunnen. a1300Cursor M. 27734 Vnheind talking, o dede vtrage,..Hurtes grett, and sclander and tene. c1400Emare 445 The old qwene spakke wordus unhende. c1425Cast. Persev. 2030 in Macro Pl. 138 Þis day ȝe dyth a good defens! Whyl Mankynde is in good entent, His þoutis arn vn-hende.
b. n. Trouble, mischief.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xx. 185 ‘Sire euel-ytauȝte elde,’ quod I, ‘vnhende go with the!’
3. adv. Improperly; unfaithfully.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 259 Ȝe sette a certeyn þing, at ȝour boþe assent,..Þou brak þat certeynte wikkedly & vnhende. |
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