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▪ I. † unˈwin, n. Obs. [un-1 12. Cf. OS. unwunni, OHG. unwunna (MHG. unwunne, unwünne).] Grief, sorrow, distress.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 71 Kep us..from iwilch heued sunne, Þet he ne bringe us in to unwune. a1200Moral Ode 208 Adam and his of-sprung..Wes fele undret wintre an helle pine and an unwunne. c1275Sayings of Bede 160 in Horstm. Alteng. Leg. (1881) 507 Hy shulen to þere ounwinne. a1300in E.E.P. (1862) 21 Sinne me hauiþ in care ibroȝt, broȝt in mochil vn-winne. c1310in Wright Lyric P. xv. 47 Un-wunne haveth myn wonges wet. a1400Northern Passion 1242 Of me þai hafe gret syn At gaffe me vppe to þis vnvyn. c1480Bk. of Brome (1886) 96 As they hadyn hym ferder inne Ther he sawe woll mykyll on-wyn. a1500Chester Pl. xxiv. 471 Lord, on this I can not myn,..Thee in mischeif or any vnwyn To shew thee such a will. ▪ II. † unˈwin, a. Obs.—1 [App. f. after prec.] Grievous.
c1320Sir Tristr. 1235 Þe leuedi of heiȝe kenne, His woundes schewe..he lete, To wite his wo vnwinne. |