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▪ I. † unˈwight, n. Obs.
[un-1 4 b. Cf. ON. úvættr evil spirit.]
An evil being or spirit; a fiend or monster; spec. the devil.
a1200St. Marher. 3 Ne þole þu neauer þe unwiht þat he weorri mi wit. c1205Lay. 15734 Nat ic..wha hine biȝate inne weorlde riche, no whaðer hit weore unwiht. a1225Ancr. R. 238 Hwo se..uihteð..aȝan þe unwiht of helle. Ibid. 300 Þe sunfule is þe unwihtes lond. a1250Owl & Night. 33 Vnwyht, heo seyde, awey þu fleo. Ibid. 218 Hwi dostu þat vnwihtes doþ? Þu singest anyht & nouht aday. c1230Hali Meid. 41 Þu forhores te wið þe unwiht of helle. c1275Sinners Beware 4 in O.E. Misc. 72 Þeos holy gostes myhte..wisse vs and theche To wyten vs wyþ þan vnwihte, Þat..þencheþ vs to bipeche.
b. Used as adj. (but the Cotton MS. has unwrþ ‘unworth’, rhyming with noȝt wrþ).
a1250Owl & Night. (Jesus MS.) 339 Þu..makest þi song so vnwiht Þat me ne telleþ of þe nowiht.
▪ II. † unˈwight, a. Obs.—0
(un-1 7.)
1570Levins Manip. 120 Vnwight, inualidus. |