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† unˈwry, v. Obs. [OE. onwréon, unwréon (un-2 3). Cf. OHG. intrîhan, inrîhan ‘revelare’.] 1. trans. To reveal or expose to sight by the removal of a covering; to uncover, lay bare. αc825Vesp. Psalter xvii. 16 Onwriᵹen werun steaðelas ymbhwyrftes eorðan. c1000Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) cxviii. 18 Onwreoh þu mine eaᵹan. c1290Beket 2278 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 172 Þe Cardinales nolden nouȝt is bodi al on-wreo [c 1300 unwreo]. 1340Ayenb. 58 Hi onwriþ þane pot, and þe uleȝen vlyeþ þerin. βc975Rushw. Gosp. Mark ii. 4 He..unwreoᵹon þæt hus..þær he wæs. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 334 Ða licmen his neb þærrihte unwruᵹon. a1225Ancr. R. 328 Þo he schulde unwrien his wunden. 13..K. Alis. 336 (Laud MS.), His aristable he gan vnwriȝene [v.r. vnwreone]. c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 858 To hym byhoueth first vnwre [v.rr. onwrye, vnwry] his wounde. c1430Lanfranc's Cirurg. 85 Unwrey al þe bon, in kuttynge awey al þe flesch. c1440Jacob's Well 197 He ros out of his graue,..& vnwryed þe munkys in here beddys. b. refl. To uncover (oneself); to make naked.
a1225Ancr. R. 56 Bersabee..unwreih hire ine Dauies sihðe. Ibid. 58 Þurh þet heo unwrien ham ine monne eih sihðe. 2. fig. To reveal, disclose, make known (some hidden thing or fact, sin, etc.); to communicate or divulge (a matter).
c825Vesp. Psalter xxxvi. 5 Onwrih dryhtne weᵹ ðinne. c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xvii. 30 æfter þysum þingum bið on þam dæᵹe þe mannes sunu onwriᵹen bið. 1340Ayenb. 88 Uor hyer ne zyþ non onwryȝe þe uayrhede of god, bote ase hit by ine ane ssewere. Ibid. 174 Þe zike ssel onwri his ziknesse. βc950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 26 Nowiht forðon [bið] ᵹedeᵹled þæt ne se unwriᵹen. c1055Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia VIII. 334 Griphia..byð ᵹesett þær þa deopan þing beoð unwroᵹene. a1200Moral Ode 160 in O.E. Hom. I. 169 Al scal þer bon þanne unwron, þet men wruȝen her. a1225Leg. Kath. 1769 Þer me unwreah me þe wei, Þet leadeð to liue. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10457 God wot wuch is herte was, vor he nolde him noȝt vnwre. Þe erchebissop him asoilede. c1330Amis & Amil. 783 When þe douke com in to þat won, Þe steward oȝain him gan gon, Her conseyl for to vnwrain. c1380Sir Ferumb. 1849 Y wil her, as y can, my message to þe ounwrye. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 18 Or [= ere] I do specifye Myn entent for to vnwrie, Or ferther in this boke procede. Hence † unwrye(n) ppl. a. Obs.
a1225Ancr. R. 58 Ȝif eni unwrie put were, & beste feolle þer inne, he hit schulde ȝelden þet þene put unwreih. 1340Ayenb. 88 Hyer ne zyþ non onwryȝe þe uayrhede of god. Ibid. 112, 244. |