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† unˈseely, a. Obs.
[OE. unsǽliᵹ (un- un-1 7 + sǽliᵹ seely a.), = WFris. on-, ûnsillich, NFris. unsaleg, MDu. onsâlich (Du. onzalig), MLG. unsalich, OHG. unsâlig (MHG. unsâlich, unsælic, -ec, G. unselig).]
1. Of persons:
a. Unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, wretched; deserving pity.
a900Juliana 450 Ic þec halsiᵹe..þæt þu miltsiᵹe me..þæt [ic] unsæliᵹ eall ne forweorþe. a1023Wulfstan Hom. (1883) 52 Deofol..ᵹedeð swa þurh þæt, þæt unsæliᵹ man wisdomes ne ᵹymeð. c1200Ormin 4812 Unnseliȝ mann Amm icc onn eorþe wurrþenn. c1275xi Pains Hell 7 in O.E. Misc. 147 Vnsely gost hwat dostu here? c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. iv. (1868) 124 Ȝit mot it nedes be þat shrewes ben more wrecches and vnsely. 1388Wyclif Rom. vii. 24 Y am an vnceli man; who schal delyuer me fro the bodi of this synne? 14..Seven Points Wisd. iii. (MS. Douce 114) fol. 108 Loo I vnselye..sowht abowte to gete me a wyfe. 1513Douglas æneid i. xi. 36 The fey wnsely Dido, For the mischeif to cum predestinate, Mycht not refrene. Ibid. v. viii. 86 Vnsilly wycht! quhow did thi mynd invaid Sic gret wodnes? a1555Philpot tr. Curio Exam. & Writ. (Parker Soc.) 418 Barbarous words by the which unto unsely [L. incautis] and foolish folk they avaunt themselves to be marvelled at.
b. Bringing misfortune on oneself or others; unlucky; evil-doing, wicked.
a900Andreas 561 Þæt..Iudea cynn wið Godes bearne ahof hearmcwide, hæleð unsæliᵹe. a1200St. Marher. 16 Sathanas the unseli, the..of parais lihte so lahe. c1205Lay. 2531 Bi hire he hæfde twein sunen ah beine heo weoren unseli. a1300Cursor M. 1223 Vnseli caym..Wit god and man þan was..hated. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 987 We ben of-set wiþ no sinne for vnsely godus. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1908) 225 How paciently..he resceyuede that false feyned clippynge and traitoures cusse of that vnsely disciple. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. 4233 Vnhappy woman, causere of oure peyne, Hard & vnsely.
c. Of animals: Mischievous, harmful.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1562 Þe lorde..Swez his vncely swyn, þat swyngez bi þe bonkkez, & bote þe best of his brachez þe bakkez in sunder. 1804R. Couper Poetry II. 84 My bacon ham..Th' unseely tyke has ta'en.
2. Of things, conditions, etc.: Causing or involving, accompanied by, misfortune or unhappiness.
a900Genesis 637 Sum hire æt heortan læᵹ æppel unsælᵹa. 13..Metr. Hom. (MS. Ashm. 42) fol. 148 b, To þat ilk vnceli lande Þare he bees bonden fote and hand Full hard wiþ þe deuils band. 13..Cursor M. 15842 (Gött.), ‘Ha men,’ he said, ‘quat ȝe er of ane vnseli toght’. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iv. (1868) 39 Þe most vnsely kynde of contrariouse fortune. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. 3249 A! Priam kyng! vncely is þi chance! a1450Northern Passion (D.) 2024 We han pleyd vnseli plawis. 1513Douglas æneid iv. Prol. 230 Lo! with quhat thocht, quhat bitternes and pane Luif vnseilly breidis in euery wycht! a1828Young Allan i. in Buchan's Ball. (1875) II. 11 There fell a-rousing them amang, On an unseally time. |