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▪ I. † unˈbeast, n. north. and Sc. Obs.
Also 4–5 vnbest(e, 6 wn-, vnbeast, 6 vn-, 9 unbeist, 8 Sc. onbeast.
[un-1 12. Cf. MDu. and Du. ondier, MHG. and G. untier, Da. and Norw. udyr, Sw. odjur.]
A wild beast; a monster; a ravenous or vile animal. Also transf.
a1300Cursor M. 19859 Quen petre þais vnbestes sagh, O þaim þan thoght him mikel agh. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xvi. (Magdalene) 502 Pytuisly þe prince can pray, þat þai hyr kest nocht in þe se, met til vnbestis to be. c1400Destr. Troy. 7766 He auntrid on this Vnbest angardly fast. a1585Montgomerie Flyting 258 (Tullibardine MS.), Bot this bargane, vnbeist, deir sall þou by it. 1629Z. Boyd Last Battell i. 47 Fye upon barnes, a nest for myce and rattons. Would yee desire to liue for to enjoye the leauinges of vnbeastes? 1768Ross Helenore i. 8 Has the onbeast your lambie taen awa'? Ibid. i. 18. 1808 Jamieson s.v. Onbeast, Unbeist,..a noxious member of human society; Ang[us].
▪ II. unˈbeast, v.
(un-2 6 b.)
1611Florio, Disbestiare, to vnbeast, to vnrude. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. ii. (1626) 35 Let him vnbeast the beast..and her wanton shape restore. |