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unˈpeace Now arch.
[un-1 12, prob. after unfrith. (un-1 3). Cf. MDu. onpays, obs. Du. onpaais, Flem. onpeys (Kilian).]
Absence of peace; dissension, strife.
a1300Cursor M. 414 He..sette þam in haly palais, Þar neuer mai be of pride unpais. Ibid. 13306 To man þai wroght neuer vn-pes. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 250 Men ben now redi to heeren of unpees, batailis, and strives. 1420–22Lydg. Thebes iii. 4260 Fell Ethyocles, Rote of vn⁓reste and causer of vnpes. a1470Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) v. xvii. 219/1 He bad them absteyne them from all tokenes of unpacyence, of unpeas, and of crueltee.
1876Morris Sigurd ii. 89 Where unpeace and troubles and the griefs of the soul abide. 1906Mary Cholmondely Prisoners vi, There is an unpeace which passes understanding also. |