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† unˈsete, a. Obs. Also unseete. [un-1 7. Cf. sete a. and unsety a.] 1. Unbecoming, improper; bad.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. viii. 31 For-thi on molde y waxe mot, that y sawes have seid un-sete. Ibid. xv. 49 Gabbes, les, ant luthere lore, sunnes bueth un-sete. c1325Body & Soul in Map's Poems (Camden) 342 A! thou foule flesch, unseete, Ful of falsnesse. 2. Unpleasant; painful.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. iv. 23 That i telle a povre play, that furst is feir ant seththe un-sete. c1320Sir Tristr. 1238 His bon brast vnder skinne, His sorwe was vnsete. 3. Unwholesome. (Cf. unsety a.)
13..in Archiv Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXI. 319 Þe watures bitter and vnseete were ymad boþe gode and swete. 1387Trevisa Higden IV. 11 His frendes trowede þat unsete mete þat he hadde i-ete at soper was cause of his siknesse. 4. Of persons: Ill-disposed; dissatisfied or discontented.
a1310in Wright Lyric P. xii. 43 This mon that Matheu ȝef A peny that wes so bref; this frely folk unsete, ȝet he ȝyrnden more. |