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▪ I. † unˈsaught, n. Obs.
[Late OE. unseht (f. un- un-1 12 + seht saught n.), *unsaht, = ON. and Icel. úsátt, ósátt, úsǽtt, MSw. osät, MDa. usæt.]
Discord, dissension; hostile speech.
a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1052, Hi macodon mæst þet unseht betweonan Godwine eorle & þam cynge. c1205Lay. 11456 Wuileð Romleode cumen to þissere þeode,..& maken vnsæhte. a1300Cursor M. 28198 Wit flitt, wit brixil,..Myn euen-cristen haue i hurt, And oft vn-saght o him i said. 1710Ruddiman Gloss. s.v. Saucht, To live in unsaucht, i.e. trouble. 1808Jamieson.
▪ II. † unˈsaught, a. Obs.
[Late OE. unseht (f. un- un-1 7 + seht saught a.), *unsaht = ON. and Icel. úsáttr, MSw. osatt, osätt, MDa. usaat in sense 1.]
1. At variance or enmity; hostile.
c1100O.E. Chron. (MS. D.) an. 1067, Eadric cild & þa Bryttas wurdon unsehte. c1205Lay. 3930 Þas breþren weren swa wode..Þat al heo weren vn-sahte. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 482 With holy chyrche þey ben vnsaght. c1350Lybeaus Disc. 1421 For þey were unsauȝte [v.r. vnsyȝt] And eiþer oþres fo. 13..St. Erkenwald 8 In Hongyst dawes þat þe Saxones vnsaȝt had ene sende hyder. a1400Morte Arth. 1306 That here are semblede in sale, vn-sawghte mott ȝe worthe! c1475Golagros & Gaw. 456 Than thai schupe for to assege segis vnsaught.
2. Dissatisfied, displeased.
a1300Salomon & Sat. (1848) 275 Hit is mony gedelyng when me him ȝeueþ a lutel þyng, waxen wol vnsaþt. a1310in Wright Lyric P. xii. 42 Ant swore somme unsaht, That hem wes werk by-taht, longe er hit were lyht. 1390Gower Conf. III. 153 Of thilke folk that were unsauhte Toward here king for his pilage. c1400Destr. Troy 5057 Yf we be cause of þi kene yre, And þou vnsaght of þi sight sothely of vs two.
3. Not at ease; embarrassed; troubled, distressed.
a1375Joseph Arim. 64 Þe kyng..wolde haue red of his folk,.. & þei forsaken hit han, & he vnsauht sittes. a1400Sir Perc. 2152 Thenne was scho unsaughte. Scho gret and cried in hir mone. a1450Le Morte Arth. 3189 The kynge gan lowde crye and calle, As marred man of wytte vnsaught. 1513Douglas æneid xii. v. 201 This Chorineus als so fast Ruschit on his fa, thus fyrefangit and onsaucht.
Hence † unˈsaughtly adv.; † unˈsaughtness.
a1000in Vercelli MS. fol. 80 b, Þurh þæt þonne ariseð unsehtnesse betweoh twam cyningum & twam ᵹebroðrum. c1200Ormin 7187 Alle þa þatt lufenn toþþ & woh & unnsahhtnesse. a1400Morte Arth. 1501 Vnsaughtely he saide hyme þese sittande wordez. Ibid. 1847 Vnsaughtyly þey sette thane appone oure sere knyghttez. |