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unˈcunningness
[f. as prec.]
Ignorance; unskilfulness.
a1325Prose Psalter lxxxi. 5 Hii ne wyst nouȝt ne vnderstode nowit, and hii ne gon in vnconandnes [v.r. vncunnyngnes]. c1375Cursor M. 27571 (Fair.), Oft be-tidis þat man I-wis be-comis proude for vn-kunningnes. 1408tr. Vegetius' De re milit. (MS. Digby 233) fol. 186/2 Vnkonnyngnesse of swymmynge. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 235 Ful smale leggis tokenyth vnconyngnesse. c1475Partenay 12 By lachesse, Or..by vnconnyngnesse. 1513Douglas æneid viii. Prol. 87 Clerkis for oncunnandnes mysknawis ilk wycht. |