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▪ I. † unˈwield, n. Obs. rare.
In 4 unwelde, vnweilde.
[un-1 12.]
Feebleness, weakness, impotence.
13..E.E. Psalter lxx. 9 (V.), Ne for-werpe me in un-welde, In time when I am of elde. c1375Cursor M. 3563 (Gött.), And haue man ben neure so bald, Quen þat he bicomis alde, Til vnweild [he] bigines to falle.
▪ II. † unˈwield, a. Obs.
[un-1 7.]
1. Feeble, weak, impotent; = unwieldy a. 1.
Freq. from c 1400 to c 1450.
c1220Bestiary 57 Siðen hise limes arn unwelde. c1250Gen. & Ex. 347 Vn-welde woren and in win Here owen limes. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 359 Al woxen was her body vnwelde, And drie,..for elde. c1386― Reeve's Prol. 32 Oure olde lemes mowe wel been vnweelde. 14..Sir Beues (L.) 34 He..Wexed febull and vn-welde. c1480Bk. of Brome (1886) 106 Hys body gane vax on-wylld.
absol.a1300Cursor M. 10539 Sal naman negh þat vnweild.
2. Difficult or cumbrous to manipulate or handle; unwieldy. rare.
1390Gower Conf. I. 312 The reyni Storm fell doun algates And al here takel made unwelde. a1440Sir Eglam. 309 A clobb of yron..That was mekylle and fulle unwelde.
Hence † unˈwieldness. Obs.—1
1437–8Rolls of Parlt. V. 439 In cas that anny of the seide Lordes..fall to suche unweldnesse or impotence. |