Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈheired.
(un-prefix2 1b, 2.)
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > relating to inheritance > deprived of an heir
unheired?1611
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 25 If the God..Had not (in..pittie of his Sire, To leaue him vtterly vnheird) giuen safe passe to his feet.
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