unrightn.¹

Brit.

/ˈʌnrʌɪt/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈənˌraɪt/,

/ˌənˈraɪt/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and right n.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriucht (West Frisian ûnrjocht ), Old Dutch unreht (Middle Dutch onrecht , Dutch onrecht ), Old Saxon unreht (Middle Low German unrecht ), Old High German unreht (Middle High German unreht , German Unrecht ), Old Danish uret (Danish uret ), Old Swedish orätt (Swedish orätt ), all in a similar range of senses < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of right n.Compare also (with prefixed base) un-i-right n. Apparently partly revived and partly re-formed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

†1. Wrong, wrongdoing, wickedness, iniquity; (also) impropriety; untruth. Obsolete (rare in later use).In quot. 1858 in to have unright: to be wrong [after German Unrecht haben] .

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun]

unrightOE

witec1175

misbodea1200

misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

miss?c1225

trespassinga1340

forfeiturec1380

offensiona1382

crimec1384

abusion?1387

evil-doing1398

mistakinga1400

offendinga1425

transgression1426

wrongingc1449

digression1517

digressinga1535

transgressing1535

swerving1545

misdealing1571

transgress1578

misfaring1595

misacting1651

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

wrongdoing1874

miscreance1972

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun]

unrightnessOE

unrightOE

wronga1100

un-i-rightc1275

injustice1390

unreasonc1390

wrongfulnessa1400

unskilfulnessc1410

unjustnessc1443

unjusticea1475

disreason1480

unreasonablenessc1515

non-reason1597

wrongness1833

unconscionability1908

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]

sinc825

naughteOE

unnuteOE

sinningc1000

unrightOE

un-i-selthlOE

wonder1154

misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

teeninga1225

miss?c1225

crimec1250

misdeed?c1250

wickednessa1300

mischiefa1387

evil-doing1398

mistakinga1400

perpetrationc1429

wrongingc1449

maledictionc1475

maleficence1533

wicked-doing1535

foul play1546

misdealing1571

flagition1598

delinquency1603

malefaction1604

meschancy1609

malefacture1635

misacting1651

guilt1726

flagitiosity1727

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

peccation1861

miscreance1972

OE Genesis A (1931) 1292 Drihten..geseah unrihte eorðan fulle, side sælwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde.

OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 275 Utan don swa us þearf is, gebugan to rihte & be suman dæle unriht forlætan.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 He on middewardan his unrihte buten behreowsunge & ælcere dædbote gewat.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3267 Vnriht [c1300 Otho onriht] him wes leof and riht-wis-nesse him wes lað.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 791 (MED) Þe quene of france þe þridde him þoȝte mid vnriȝte, Vor he misdude hire, þat he ne dorste comen in hire siȝte.

c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 598 (MED) Certes, þan were it michel vnriȝt Þi loue to lain opon a kniȝt Þat naþ noiþer lond no fe.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 32 Draȝ into mende þet hydous siȝt Of deade men a bere..þou aȝtest habbe more hydour Of þyne oȝene vn-ryȝte.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 11271 Com & mend þin vnright þat þou slouh ffrolle our knyght.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 453 Criseyde..saw þe sorwful ernest of þe knyght And in his preyere eke saw noon vnright.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 91 Þis is a trewe man, and unriȝt is not in him.

a1547 Earl of Surrey in F. M. Padelford Early 16th Cent. Lyrics (1907) xlv. 46 Prowd people that drede no fall, clothed with falshed and vnright.

1578 T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery B ij Well mayst thou wayle thy want of troth; & rue thy great vnright.

1610 H. Broughton Iob xxvii. 53 My lippes shall not speake the vnright.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. ii. 16 She..said rapidly in German, ‘I had unright when I said the Colonel was the only man of the family.’

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 394 It was because they still spake of right that right in the end outlived unright.

†2. Unfairness, injustice (done or suffered). Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]

unrighteOE

unrightnessOE

unrightfulnessc1275

wrongousnessc1325

the wrongc1330

unequityc1380

injustice1390

unreasonc1390

wrongfulnessa1400

unskilfulnessc1410

unjustnessc1443

unevennessa1470

unjusticea1475

disreason1480

unreasonablenessc1515

inequity1556

iniquity1587

non-reason1597

unequalness1628

unfairness1713

wrongness1833

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxix. 523 Hwylc unriht mæg beon mare þonne geþafige þæt hit geweorðe..þæt þæm goodum becymð anfeald yfel on þisse woerulde, and þæm yflum anfeald god?

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 302 He sceal wissigan mid wisdome his folce & unriht alecgan.

OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) ii. xx. §1. 324 We nellað geðafian þæt unriht.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 105 (MED) Ne nimð hie [sc. virtue] none miede for unriht to healden, ne for riht to leien.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8625 More vnriȝt þat he dede ne miȝte nomon ise.

c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 613 To suffre wrong and vnriht For þe loue of god almiht.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 557 That were grete vnryȝte, To aventur oppon a man þat with hym did nat fiȝte.

a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 290 Boldly to fight, Yf any man of curage wold bid you vnright.

1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Av^v There was neuer creature that sofred so greate vnright so pacyentlye..as he.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 162 Suffice it him he hath me wrongde, and that his own vnright Doth hel him like a man forlorne.

1842 Dublin Rev. May 498 The triumph of delusion and unright is but a temporary one.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey II. xx. 380 For those that first had fashioned the deeds of all unright.

3. An instance of wrong or wrongdoing; a wrong or unjust act; an injustice; an infringement of rights. Also (in recent use): an instance of the absence or deprivation of rights. rare after 16th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > unjust act > [noun]

unrighteOE

injuryc1384

wrongness1856

inequity1857

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > an unjust act

unrighteOE

wrong1067

injuryc1384

wrongness1856

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. i. 38 Babylonie mid monigfealdum unryhtum & firenlustum mid heora cyninge buton ælcre hreowe libbende wæran.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Manige oðre unriht hi dydan þe sindon earfeþe to areccenne.

lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xvi. 276 Ond þeah betwuh þyllecum unrihtum wæs him [sc. Nero] no þy læs underþeod eall þes middangeard.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 79 Ða ðat he hadde mid maniȝe unrihtes biȝeten, he haueð forloren.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1031 Þe Sarasyns..schullaþ abigge þys ounriȝt.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11812 Þis herods..vn-rightes biginnes to ripe!

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 59 Draw to þe þe good wylles of þy subgitȝ, and putte away þaire vnryghtys and wronges.

1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 12 Dukis, Merquessis, Erlis, Barronis, Knychtis, With thay Prencis, wer punyst panefullie; Partycipant thay wer of thare vnrychtis.

1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 48 Fortye dayes and fortye nightes rayne shall fall for there unrightes.

1872 Jrnl. Jurispr. 16 178 In a state of nature, that is, there are no rights—in a state of nature there are only the unrights of cunning and of strength.

1904 New Cent. Path 29 May 8/1 It has been a struggle between the eternal and inalienable Rights of Man with the Unrights of Human Egotism and Human Bigotry.

1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 18 That Mockingbird sold 30 million copies and won a Pulitzer Prize is not surprising: what is is that even in the nineties..it remains the definitive observation of civil unrights.

Phrases

P1. to do (also work) unright: to do wrong. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxvii. 510 [Forþam] ðe ðu ær cwæde [þæt he] unriht dyde þæt he lete unwitnod ða yflan.

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxxi. 29 Ðonne ge unriht wirceað beforan Drihtne.

a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Digby) cxxiii, in Anglia (1878) 1 22 (MED) Þer is uer, þet eure brenneð..þer inne sendeð..þo þet mihte unriht do and lief hit hem wes to þenche.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24158 Vn-reufulli yee wirc vnright.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5084 I am a-knau i did vnriht.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 550 It sholde not be suffred me to erre..ne don so gret vnright.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 5040 Al þingis is in his [sc. goddis] myght, Sauf only þat he may done non vnright.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. iii. 5 But the iust Lorde that doth no vnright, was amonge them.

a1547 Earl of Surrey in F. M. Padelford Early 16th Cent. Lyrics (1907) xlv. 16 All such as wourke vnright.

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. G2 With neither Will, nor Pow'r to do vnright.

P2. to do (a person) unright and variants: to do (a person) injustice. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use).

ΚΠ

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 Se arcebiscop Ansealm of Cantwarbyrig..wæs ut of þis lande gefaren for þan mycelan unrihte þe se cyng Willelm him dyde.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 113 Nis him idon non unriht.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1276 Ðor ben he boðen feren pligt, Ðat here neiðer sal don oðer un-riȝt.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 221 Hi ssolle loki hare bodi þe on to þe oþre klenliche and treweliche wyþ-oute do onriȝt þe on to þe oþren.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 7497 And amendyng J bidde þee to Of vnriȝth þat is me do!

c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) l. 334 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 396 Not-withstondyng his manhode..Love vnto him did ful grete vnright.

?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. lv Be pacient.., what so euer vnright be done the.

1599 S. Daniel Let. from Octavia xxii. sig. C^v, in Poet. Ess. Is it, that loue doth take no true delight In what it hath,..Which drawes you on to doe vs this vnright?

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 643 I am your own loue, and eke your wife, I am she, which that saued hath your life, And certes yet did I neuer you vnright.

1808 J. Frere tr. Cid in R. Southey Chron. Cid App. 451 For the daughters of the Cid you have done them great unright, In the wrong that they have suffer'd you stand dishonour'd quite.

†P3. with (also mid, on) unright: wrongfully, unjustly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > wrongly or unjustly [phrase]

with (also mid, on) unrighteOE

with or mid (…) wrong1124

in or by wronga1400

eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) Introd. ix. 28 Ne wilna ðu þines nehstan ierfes mid unryhte.

OE Beowulf (2008) 2739 Ic..ne sohte searoniðas, ne me swor fela aða on unriht.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3676 Þu ahtest me to ȝulden gauel of þine londe. and þu hit halst on unriht [c1300 Otho onriht].

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4040 He nom it verst mid vnriȝt, & broȝte þat lond in wo.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19012 Þat ihesus..ȝe dude on rode wiþ vnriȝt.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1142 He loses hit ille, As hit were rafte wyth unryȝt and robbed wyth þewes.

a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 129 (MED) Hugh de Lacy..fayne was aboute to Settyn in har londes, Thay that wyth Streynth and vnryght were out-drywe, both Englysh and Irysh.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 564/1 To discern in what wise ther iudgement passed whether with right or vnright.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

unrightadj.n.²

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈraɪt/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and right adj. and int.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriucht (West Frisian ûnrjocht ), Old Dutch unreht (Middle Dutch onrecht , Dutch †onrecht ), Old Saxon unreht (Middle Low German unrecht , German regional (Low German) unrecht , unregt ), Old High German unreht (Middle High German unreht , German unrecht ), Old Icelandic úréttr , Old Swedish orätter (Swedish orätt ), Old Danish uræt (Danish uret ) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of right adj.

1. Not right, just, or equitable; improper, unfair, wrong. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): unright people or things as a class. Frequently Scottish in later use. Sc. National Dict. (1974) records unricht as still in use in Fife and south-western Scotland in 1973.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wrongousa1200

wrongfulc1311

unevenc1380

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unduec1450

inique1521

unequal1535

wry1561

undeserved?c1570

justless1578

unrighted1608

unequitable1643

inequitable1667

unfair1724

iniquitablea1734

unsportsmanlike1754

unsportsmanly1776

unsporting1859

below the belt1892

red-hot1896

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective]

unrighteOE

unrightfulOE

wronga1275

wrongfulc1325

wrongous1357

unjustc1384

untrue1393

injustc1430

unreasonablec1440

unconscionable1492

injuriousa1513

wry1561

justless1578

iniquous1655

iniquitous1726

eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 755 Her Cynewulf benam Sigebryht his rices & Westseaxna wiotan for unryhtum dędum buton Hamtunscire.

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxvii. 510 Ic..wundrie forhwy swa rihtwis dema ænige unrihte gife wille forgifan.

OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 104 Ic me betst oncneow, þæt ic unrihte wegas ealle ofeode.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 121 Ðe cniht ðe weapne berð unlawliche, ne chapmann ðe beið and selð mid unri [h] twisnesse, ne muȝen neure soðe scrifte don,..ne glewmen,..ne unriht domesmann.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8726 He let grede þoru al þe lond þe vnriȝte lawes vndo.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26711 He salle..on domisday. haue wroyers harde þat is to say..þe werlde þe deuil his didis vnriȝt.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 415 Thilk deede or gouernaunce in him silf is vnriȝt and wrong.

a1475 Asneth l. 204 in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1910) 9 235 Forfeded I haue hys grace, When I dispurned hym to my fadir with wordis unright.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 545/2 [To] walke in the commaundementes of life, & do nothing that is vnright.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 157 These senslesse spunges of Improbity Are full of pleasure, but it is vnright.

1610 H. Broughton Iob xxix. 57 I brake the tuskes of the vnright.

1696 T. Ellwood Answer G. Keith's Narr. 174 How unright and unreasonable would it have been..to have given forth..a Judgment against any particular Person or Persons, upon the Accusation of a declared Enemy, without due Proof.

1856 W. H. Gillespie Truth Evang. Hist. vii. 129 Such un-right and self-inconsistent deprivation.

1880 G. MacDonald Bk. of Strife 87 If I should slow diverge..Into some thought, feeling, or dream unright.

1923 C. M. Doughty Mansoul (rev. ed.) 45 Have they, and like defenders of our hearths; Which beat down the Unright, Gods endless Peace!

1939 N. Monsarrat This is Schoolroom xiv. 333 He had the strength to be consistent, and a kind of selective genius as well, which ensured that he was consistent about the right things, as well as tolerant of the unright.

2004 Tampa Tribune (Nexis) 6 Mar. Metro 2 I would hate for my children to see this..—it's perversion and it's unright.

2. Incorrect; inexact. rare in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective]

untruec1220

unrighta1393

amissa1398

unproperc1400

rudec1475

bada1522

haltinga1533

unjust1554

rustical1660

unaccurate1660

inaccurate1665

unprecise1742

unexact1758

imprecise1805

inexact1828

ungrammatical1843

bum1896

dot and carry one1900

seat-of-the-pants1935

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1247 (MED) ‘Mi king,’ quod he, ‘that were unriht.’

c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 227 (MED) If thou wolte thus folowe Holi Scripture, whether wolte thou folowe it in his riȝt and dewe litteral undirstonding, or ellis in his unriȝt and undewe litteral undirstonding.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. x. l. 62 O verray Phrygiane wifis, dasyt wightis! To call ȝou men of Troy that on rycht is.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 32 Amatus gyueth an vnryght duche name vnto Sion when he calleth it bauchbungen.

1591 H. Wotton Let. 17 Apr. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 641 I..alleg'd further, that the Copy was unright.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 17 Somany haue aleaged somany vnright and vnlykely causes thereof.

1990 Snow Country June 6/2 That's not to say that Stenmark couldn't have skied it better, just that I needed to use the ‘unright’ technique.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† unrightv.¹

Forms: Middle English unrihte, Middle English vnriȝte, Middle English vnryȝte (past participle), 1600s unright.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: un- prefix², right v.; unright adj.

Etymology: Probably partly < un- prefix² + right v., and partly < unright adj.Compare Middle Dutch onrechten, Middle High German unrechten (German †unrechten, obsolete after the 16th cent.), all in sense ‘to do injustice to (a person), to treat (a person) unjustly’.

Obsolete.

transitive. To wrong, injure, or harm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > harm, injure, or commit offence against [verb (transitive)]

misdoc1230

forworkc1275

wrongc1330

to do (one) spite or a spitec1380

to commit (also do, make) an offencec1384

offenda1387

unrighta1393

to do disease toc1400

injuryc1484

offence1512

misfease1571

watcha1586

injure1597

envya1625

disserve1637

hinder1639

disservice1837

serve1887

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing

werdec725

wemc900

forworkOE

evilc1000

teenOE

grievec1230

misdoc1230

mischievec1325

shond1338

endamagec1374

unrighta1393

damagea1400

disvail14..

disavail1429

mischief1437

outrayc1440

prejudice1447

abuse?1473

injuryc1484

danger1488

prejudicate1553

damnify?a1562

wrack1562

inviolate1569

mislestc1573

indemnify1583

qualify1584

interess1587

buse1589

violence1592

injure1597

bane1601

envya1625

prejudiciala1637

founder1655

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 6744 That he thurgh eny sleihte myhte Hire lusti maidenhod unrihte.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 506 I wolde swiche tales sprede..That I scholde al his love unrihte.

c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 60 (MED) Quen he [sc. the boar] quettus his tusshes, Thenne he betus on þe busshes: All he riues and he russhes, Þat þe rote is vnryȝte.

1647 T. Fairfax et al. Let. 10 June in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 555 Rather than they will be unrighted in the matter of their Honesty and Integrity,..they will lose all.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

unrightv.²

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈraɪt/

Forms: see un- prefix² and right n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², right n.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + right n.Compare Middle Dutch ontrechten, Middle Low German entrechten, all in same sense, and also Old Frisian undriuchta to purge oneself of (an obligation) under oath, Old High German intrihten to disturb (German entrechten to deprive (a person) of rights).

rare.

transitive. To deprive of rights.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > lose the right to > take a right away from

unrightc1449

derogate1541

disfranchise1581

disprivilegea1617

disqualify1732

deprivilege1979

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 386 This man mai not iustli be vnriȝtid and vnpossessid, that is to seie, be putt out of riȝt and out of possessioun of the seid..good.

2013 C. Johns Sci. of Right in Leibniz's Moral & Polit. Philos. i. 11 Thereby, the sovereign loses legitimacy whenever he ‘un-rights’ his subjects.

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† unrightadv.

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and right adv.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriuchte (West Frisian ûnrjocht ), Middle Dutch onrechte (Dutch onrecht ), Old Saxon unrehto , Old High German unrehto (Middle High German unrehte , German unrecht ), Swedish orätt , Danish uret < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of right adv. Compare unrighteously adv., unrightly adv.

Obsolete.

Improperly; incorrectly; wrongly; unfairly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb]

unevenc1000

unrightOE

unrightlyOE

wronga1250

falsely1303

wrongouslyc1325

unskilfully1338

unskilwiselya1340

wrongly1340

unrightfullyc1350

wrongfullyc1374

unevenly1382

unjustlyc1384

unduly1399

slanderously1429

injustly1502

undeservedly1549

slanderfully1550

unequallya1599

unequitably1649

unfairly1713

iniquitably1742

inequitably1857

society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adverb]

unrightOE

unrightlyOE

wronga1250

mislichec1275

falsely1303

wrongouslyc1325

unskilfully1338

unskilwiselya1340

wrongly1340

unrightfullyc1350

wrongfullyc1374

unjustlyc1384

injustly1502

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb] > in the wrong way or into error

unrightOE

willa1300

astray1535

awkwardlyc1540

byway1549

seducedly1642

deviously1842

wrongways1922

OE Beowulf (2008) 3059 Þa wæs gesyne, þæt se sið ne ðah þam ðe unrihte inne gehydde wræce [read wræte] under wealle.

OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 78 Beon þa oferhydegan ealle gescende, þe me unrihte ahwær gretan.

lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) xxxii, in Anglia (1972) 90 9 Ne beo þu ormod þeah ðe sie unriht [L. inique] gedemed; lyt monna wyrð longe fægen þæs ðe he oðerne bewrencð.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 661 Hym þoughte..þat þe sonne wente his course vnright By lenger wey þan it is wont to go.

a1425 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.5.31) l. 1624 Þai lukyd tyll hys fete full bryght Sone þai sayd þai lay vnryght [c1450 BL Add. noghte aryghte].

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 205 in Poems (1981) 117 As king royall he raid vpon his chair, The quhilk Phaeton gydit sum tyme vnricht.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 138 Gyf thou hes afore tyme gayn onrycht, Followand sa lang Virgill, a gentile clerk.

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. vii. 24 Therefore wryteth gregory not vnright whan he saith [etc.].

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 167 See how blinde a Guide Is lothsome Lust, that leades men so vnright.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹eOE

adj.n.²eOE

v.¹a1393

v.²c1449

adv.OE

单词	unright
释义	unrightn.¹ Brit. /ˈʌnrʌɪt/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈənˌraɪt/, /ˌənˈraɪt/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and right n. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriucht (West Frisian ûnrjocht ), Old Dutch unreht (Middle Dutch onrecht , Dutch onrecht ), Old Saxon unreht (Middle Low German unrecht ), Old High German unreht (Middle High German unreht , German Unrecht ), Old Danish uret (Danish uret ), Old Swedish orätt (Swedish orätt ), all in a similar range of senses < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of right n.Compare also (with prefixed base) un-i-right n. Apparently partly revived and partly re-formed in the 19th and 20th centuries. †1. Wrong, wrongdoing, wickedness, iniquity; (also) impropriety; untruth. Obsolete (rare in later use).In quot. 1858 in to have unright: to be wrong [after German Unrecht haben] . ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [noun] unrightOE witec1175 misbodea1200 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 miss?c1225 trespassinga1340 forfeiturec1380 offensiona1382 crimec1384 abusion?1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 offendinga1425 transgression1426 wrongingc1449 digression1517 digressinga1535 transgressing1535 swerving1545 misdealing1571 transgress1578 misfaring1595 misacting1651 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 wrongdoing1874 miscreance1972 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] unrightnessOE unrightOE wronga1100 un-i-rightc1275 injustice1390 unreasonc1390 wrongfulnessa1400 unskilfulnessc1410 unjustnessc1443 unjusticea1475 disreason1480 unreasonablenessc1515 non-reason1597 wrongness1833 unconscionability1908 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 OE Genesis A (1931) 1292 Drihten..geseah unrihte eorðan fulle, side sælwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde. OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 275 Utan don swa us þearf is, gebugan to rihte & be suman dæle unriht forlætan. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 He on middewardan his unrihte buten behreowsunge & ælcere dædbote gewat. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3267 Vnriht [c1300 Otho onriht] him wes leof and riht-wis-nesse him wes lað. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 791 (MED) Þe quene of france þe þridde him þoȝte mid vnriȝte, Vor he misdude hire, þat he ne dorste comen in hire siȝte. c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) l. 598 (MED) Certes, þan were it michel vnriȝt Þi loue to lain opon a kniȝt Þat naþ noiþer lond no fe. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 32 Draȝ into mende þet hydous siȝt Of deade men a bere..þou aȝtest habbe more hydour Of þyne oȝene vn-ryȝte. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 11271 Com & mend þin vnright þat þou slouh ffrolle our knyght. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 453 Criseyde..saw þe sorwful ernest of þe knyght And in his preyere eke saw noon vnright. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 91 Þis is a trewe man, and unriȝt is not in him. a1547 Earl of Surrey in F. M. Padelford Early 16th Cent. Lyrics (1907) xlv. 46 Prowd people that drede no fall, clothed with falshed and vnright. 1578 T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery B ij Well mayst thou wayle thy want of troth; & rue thy great vnright. 1610 H. Broughton Iob xxvii. 53 My lippes shall not speake the vnright. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians I. ii. 16 She..said rapidly in German, ‘I had unright when I said the Colonel was the only man of the family.’ 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 394 It was because they still spake of right that right in the end outlived unright. †2. Unfairness, injustice (done or suffered). Obsolete (rare after 16th cent.). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun] unrighteOE unrightnessOE unrightfulnessc1275 wrongousnessc1325 the wrongc1330 unequityc1380 injustice1390 unreasonc1390 wrongfulnessa1400 unskilfulnessc1410 unjustnessc1443 unevennessa1470 unjusticea1475 disreason1480 unreasonablenessc1515 inequity1556 iniquity1587 non-reason1597 unequalness1628 unfairness1713 wrongness1833 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxix. 523 Hwylc unriht mæg beon mare þonne geþafige þæt hit geweorðe..þæt þæm goodum becymð anfeald yfel on þisse woerulde, and þæm yflum anfeald god? OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 302 He sceal wissigan mid wisdome his folce & unriht alecgan. OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) ii. xx. §1. 324 We nellað geðafian þæt unriht. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 105 (MED) Ne nimð hie [sc. virtue] none miede for unriht to healden, ne for riht to leien. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8625 More vnriȝt þat he dede ne miȝte nomon ise. c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 613 To suffre wrong and vnriht For þe loue of god almiht. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 557 That were grete vnryȝte, To aventur oppon a man þat with hym did nat fiȝte. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 290 Boldly to fight, Yf any man of curage wold bid you vnright. 1530 W. Tyndale Pract. Prelates sig. Av^v There was neuer creature that sofred so greate vnright so pacyentlye..as he. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades ix. 162 Suffice it him he hath me wrongde, and that his own vnright Doth hel him like a man forlorne. 1842 Dublin Rev. May 498 The triumph of delusion and unright is but a temporary one. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey II. xx. 380 For those that first had fashioned the deeds of all unright. 3. An instance of wrong or wrongdoing; a wrong or unjust act; an injustice; an infringement of rights. Also (in recent use): an instance of the absence or deprivation of rights. rare after 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > unjust act > [noun] unrighteOE injuryc1384 wrongness1856 inequity1857 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > an unjust act unrighteOE wrong1067 injuryc1384 wrongness1856 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. i. 38 Babylonie mid monigfealdum unryhtum & firenlustum mid heora cyninge buton ælcre hreowe libbende wæran. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1086 Manige oðre unriht hi dydan þe sindon earfeþe to areccenne. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xvi. 276 Ond þeah betwuh þyllecum unrihtum wæs him [sc. Nero] no þy læs underþeod eall þes middangeard. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 79 Ða ðat he hadde mid maniȝe unrihtes biȝeten, he haueð forloren. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1031 Þe Sarasyns..schullaþ abigge þys ounriȝt. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11812 Þis herods..vn-rightes biginnes to ripe! a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 59 Draw to þe þe good wylles of þy subgitȝ, and putte away þaire vnryghtys and wronges. 1559 D. Lindsay Dreme in Wks. (1931) I. 12 Dukis, Merquessis, Erlis, Barronis, Knychtis, With thay Prencis, wer punyst panefullie; Partycipant thay wer of thare vnrychtis. 1591 (?a1425) Noah's Flood (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 48 Fortye dayes and fortye nightes rayne shall fall for there unrightes. 1872 Jrnl. Jurispr. 16 178 In a state of nature, that is, there are no rights—in a state of nature there are only the unrights of cunning and of strength. 1904 New Cent. Path 29 May 8/1 It has been a struggle between the eternal and inalienable Rights of Man with the Unrights of Human Egotism and Human Bigotry. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Nov. 18 That Mockingbird sold 30 million copies and won a Pulitzer Prize is not surprising: what is is that even in the nineties..it remains the definitive observation of civil unrights. Phrases P1. to do (also work) unright: to do wrong. Obsolete. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxvii. 510 [Forþam] ðe ðu ær cwæde [þæt he] unriht dyde þæt he lete unwitnod ða yflan. OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Deut. (Claud.) xxxi. 29 Ðonne ge unriht wirceað beforan Drihtne. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Digby) cxxiii, in Anglia (1878) 1 22 (MED) Þer is uer, þet eure brenneð..þer inne sendeð..þo þet mihte unriht do and lief hit hem wes to þenche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24158 Vn-reufulli yee wirc vnright. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5084 I am a-knau i did vnriht. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 550 It sholde not be suffred me to erre..ne don so gret vnright. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 5040 Al þingis is in his [sc. goddis] myght, Sauf only þat he may done non vnright. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zeph. iii. 5 But the iust Lorde that doth no vnright, was amonge them. a1547 Earl of Surrey in F. M. Padelford Early 16th Cent. Lyrics (1907) xlv. 16 All such as wourke vnright. 1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. G2 With neither Will, nor Pow'r to do vnright. P2. to do (a person) unright and variants: to do (a person) injustice. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use). ΚΠ lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1100 Se arcebiscop Ansealm of Cantwarbyrig..wæs ut of þis lande gefaren for þan mycelan unrihte þe se cyng Willelm him dyde. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 113 Nis him idon non unriht. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1276 Ðor ben he boðen feren pligt, Ðat here neiðer sal don oðer un-riȝt. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 221 Hi ssolle loki hare bodi þe on to þe oþre klenliche and treweliche wyþ-oute do onriȝt þe on to þe oþren. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 7497 And amendyng J bidde þee to Of vnriȝth þat is me do! c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) l. 334 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 396 Not-withstondyng his manhode..Love vnto him did ful grete vnright. ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. lv Be pacient.., what so euer vnright be done the. 1599 S. Daniel Let. from Octavia xxii. sig. C^v, in Poet. Ess. Is it, that loue doth take no true delight In what it hath,..Which drawes you on to doe vs this vnright? 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Wife of Bathe's Tale in Fables 643 I am your own loue, and eke your wife, I am she, which that saued hath your life, And certes yet did I neuer you vnright. 1808 J. Frere tr. Cid in R. Southey Chron. Cid App. 451 For the daughters of the Cid you have done them great unright, In the wrong that they have suffer'd you stand dishonour'd quite. †P3. with (also mid, on) unright: wrongfully, unjustly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > wrongly or unjustly [phrase] with (also mid, on) unrighteOE with or mid (…) wrong1124 in or by wronga1400 eOE Laws of Ælfred (Corpus Cambr. 173) Introd. ix. 28 Ne wilna ðu þines nehstan ierfes mid unryhte. OE Beowulf (2008) 2739 Ic..ne sohte searoniðas, ne me swor fela aða on unriht. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3676 Þu ahtest me to ȝulden gauel of þine londe. and þu hit halst on unriht [c1300 Otho onriht]. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4040 He nom it verst mid vnriȝt, & broȝte þat lond in wo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19012 Þat ihesus..ȝe dude on rode wiþ vnriȝt. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1142 He loses hit ille, As hit were rafte wyth unryȝt and robbed wyth þewes. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 129 (MED) Hugh de Lacy..fayne was aboute to Settyn in har londes, Thay that wyth Streynth and vnryght were out-drywe, both Englysh and Irysh. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 564/1 To discern in what wise ther iudgement passed whether with right or vnright. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). unrightadj.n.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈraɪt/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and right adj. and int. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriucht (West Frisian ûnrjocht ), Old Dutch unreht (Middle Dutch onrecht , Dutch †onrecht ), Old Saxon unreht (Middle Low German unrecht , German regional (Low German) unrecht , unregt ), Old High German unreht (Middle High German unreht , German unrecht ), Old Icelandic úréttr , Old Swedish orätter (Swedish orätt ), Old Danish uræt (Danish uret ) < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of right adj. 1. Not right, just, or equitable; improper, unfair, wrong. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): unright people or things as a class. Frequently Scottish in later use. Sc. National Dict. (1974) records unricht as still in use in Fife and south-western Scotland in 1973. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wrongousa1200 wrongfulc1311 unevenc1380 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unduec1450 inique1521 unequal1535 wry1561 undeserved?c1570 justless1578 unrighted1608 unequitable1643 inequitable1667 unfair1724 iniquitablea1734 unsportsmanlike1754 unsportsmanly1776 unsporting1859 below the belt1892 red-hot1896 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] unrighteOE unrightfulOE wronga1275 wrongfulc1325 wrongous1357 unjustc1384 untrue1393 injustc1430 unreasonablec1440 unconscionable1492 injuriousa1513 wry1561 justless1578 iniquous1655 iniquitous1726 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 755 Her Cynewulf benam Sigebryht his rices & Westseaxna wiotan for unryhtum dędum buton Hamtunscire. eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) (2009) I. xxvii. 510 Ic..wundrie forhwy swa rihtwis dema ænige unrihte gife wille forgifan. OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 104 Ic me betst oncneow, þæt ic unrihte wegas ealle ofeode. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 121 Ðe cniht ðe weapne berð unlawliche, ne chapmann ðe beið and selð mid unri [h] twisnesse, ne muȝen neure soðe scrifte don,..ne glewmen,..ne unriht domesmann. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 8726 He let grede þoru al þe lond þe vnriȝte lawes vndo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 26711 He salle..on domisday. haue wroyers harde þat is to say..þe werlde þe deuil his didis vnriȝt. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 415 Thilk deede or gouernaunce in him silf is vnriȝt and wrong. a1475 Asneth l. 204 in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (1910) 9 235 Forfeded I haue hys grace, When I dispurned hym to my fadir with wordis unright. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 545/2 [To] walke in the commaundementes of life, & do nothing that is vnright. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 157 These senslesse spunges of Improbity Are full of pleasure, but it is vnright. 1610 H. Broughton Iob xxix. 57 I brake the tuskes of the vnright. 1696 T. Ellwood Answer G. Keith's Narr. 174 How unright and unreasonable would it have been..to have given forth..a Judgment against any particular Person or Persons, upon the Accusation of a declared Enemy, without due Proof. 1856 W. H. Gillespie Truth Evang. Hist. vii. 129 Such un-right and self-inconsistent deprivation. 1880 G. MacDonald Bk. of Strife 87 If I should slow diverge..Into some thought, feeling, or dream unright. 1923 C. M. Doughty Mansoul (rev. ed.) 45 Have they, and like defenders of our hearths; Which beat down the Unright, Gods endless Peace! 1939 N. Monsarrat This is Schoolroom xiv. 333 He had the strength to be consistent, and a kind of selective genius as well, which ensured that he was consistent about the right things, as well as tolerant of the unright. 2004 Tampa Tribune (Nexis) 6 Mar. Metro 2 I would hate for my children to see this..—it's perversion and it's unright. 2. Incorrect; inexact. rare in later use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] untruec1220 unrighta1393 amissa1398 unproperc1400 rudec1475 bada1522 haltinga1533 unjust1554 rustical1660 unaccurate1660 inaccurate1665 unprecise1742 unexact1758 imprecise1805 inexact1828 ungrammatical1843 bum1896 dot and carry one1900 seat-of-the-pants1935 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1247 (MED) ‘Mi king,’ quod he, ‘that were unriht.’ c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 227 (MED) If thou wolte thus folowe Holi Scripture, whether wolte thou folowe it in his riȝt and dewe litteral undirstonding, or ellis in his unriȝt and undewe litteral undirstonding. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. x. l. 62 O verray Phrygiane wifis, dasyt wightis! To call ȝou men of Troy that on rycht is. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 32 Amatus gyueth an vnryght duche name vnto Sion when he calleth it bauchbungen. 1591 H. Wotton Let. 17 Apr. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1685) 641 I..alleg'd further, that the Copy was unright. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence i. 17 Somany haue aleaged somany vnright and vnlykely causes thereof. 1990 Snow Country June 6/2 That's not to say that Stenmark couldn't have skied it better, just that I needed to use the ‘unright’ technique. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † unrightv.¹ Forms: Middle English unrihte, Middle English vnriȝte, Middle English vnryȝte (past participle), 1600s unright. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: un- prefix², right v.; unright adj. Etymology: Probably partly < un- prefix² + right v., and partly < unright adj.Compare Middle Dutch onrechten, Middle High German unrechten (German †unrechten, obsolete after the 16th cent.), all in sense ‘to do injustice to (a person), to treat (a person) unjustly’. Obsolete. transitive. To wrong, injure, or harm. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > harm, injury, or wrong > harm, injure, or commit offence against [verb (transitive)] misdoc1230 forworkc1275 wrongc1330 to do (one) spite or a spitec1380 to commit (also do, make) an offencec1384 offenda1387 unrighta1393 to do disease toc1400 injuryc1484 offence1512 misfease1571 watcha1586 injure1597 envya1625 disserve1637 hinder1639 disservice1837 serve1887 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [verb (transitive)] > to person or thing werdec725 wemc900 forworkOE evilc1000 teenOE grievec1230 misdoc1230 mischievec1325 shond1338 endamagec1374 unrighta1393 damagea1400 disvail14.. disavail1429 mischief1437 outrayc1440 prejudice1447 abuse?1473 injuryc1484 danger1488 prejudicate1553 damnify?a1562 wrack1562 inviolate1569 mislestc1573 indemnify1583 qualify1584 interess1587 buse1589 violence1592 injure1597 bane1601 envya1625 prejudiciala1637 founder1655 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 6744 That he thurgh eny sleihte myhte Hire lusti maidenhod unrihte. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 506 I wolde swiche tales sprede..That I scholde al his love unrihte. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 60 (MED) Quen he [sc. the boar] quettus his tusshes, Thenne he betus on þe busshes: All he riues and he russhes, Þat þe rote is vnryȝte. 1647 T. Fairfax et al. Let. 10 June in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Fourth Pt. (1701) I. 555 Rather than they will be unrighted in the matter of their Honesty and Integrity,..they will lose all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021). unrightv.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈraɪt/ Forms: see un- prefix² and right n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², right n. Etymology: < un- prefix² + right n.Compare Middle Dutch ontrechten, Middle Low German entrechten, all in same sense, and also Old Frisian undriuchta to purge oneself of (an obligation) under oath, Old High German intrihten to disturb (German entrechten to deprive (a person) of rights). rare. transitive. To deprive of rights. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > lose the right to > take a right away from unrightc1449 derogate1541 disfranchise1581 disprivilegea1617 disqualify1732 deprivilege1979 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 386 This man mai not iustli be vnriȝtid and vnpossessid, that is to seie, be putt out of riȝt and out of possessioun of the seid..good. 2013 C. Johns Sci. of Right in Leibniz's Moral & Polit. Philos. i. 11 Thereby, the sovereign loses legitimacy whenever he ‘un-rights’ his subjects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unrightadv. Forms: see un- prefix¹ and right adv. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriuchte (West Frisian ûnrjocht ), Middle Dutch onrechte (Dutch onrecht ), Old Saxon unrehto , Old High German unrehto (Middle High German unrehte , German unrecht ), Swedish orätt , Danish uret < the Germanic base of un- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of right adv. Compare unrighteously adv., unrightly adv. Obsolete. Improperly; incorrectly; wrongly; unfairly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb] unevenc1000 unrightOE unrightlyOE wronga1250 falsely1303 wrongouslyc1325 unskilfully1338 unskilwiselya1340 wrongly1340 unrightfullyc1350 wrongfullyc1374 unevenly1382 unjustlyc1384 unduly1399 slanderously1429 injustly1502 undeservedly1549 slanderfully1550 unequallya1599 unequitably1649 unfairly1713 iniquitably1742 inequitably1857 society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adverb] unrightOE unrightlyOE wronga1250 mislichec1275 falsely1303 wrongouslyc1325 unskilfully1338 unskilwiselya1340 wrongly1340 unrightfullyc1350 wrongfullyc1374 unjustlyc1384 injustly1502 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb] > in the wrong way or into error unrightOE willa1300 astray1535 awkwardlyc1540 byway1549 seducedly1642 deviously1842 wrongways1922 OE Beowulf (2008) 3059 Þa wæs gesyne, þæt se sið ne ðah þam ðe unrihte inne gehydde wræce [read wræte] under wealle. OE Paris Psalter (1932) cxviii. 78 Beon þa oferhydegan ealle gescende, þe me unrihte ahwær gretan. lOE Distichs of Cato (Trin. Cambr.) xxxii, in Anglia (1972) 90 9 Ne beo þu ormod þeah ðe sie unriht [L. inique] gedemed; lyt monna wyrð longe fægen þæs ðe he oðerne bewrencð. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 661 Hym þoughte..þat þe sonne wente his course vnright By lenger wey þan it is wont to go. a1425 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.5.31) l. 1624 Þai lukyd tyll hys fete full bryght Sone þai sayd þai lay vnryght [c1450 BL Add. noghte aryghte]. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 205 in Poems (1981) 117 As king royall he raid vpon his chair, The quhilk Phaeton gydit sum tyme vnricht. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 138 Gyf thou hes afore tyme gayn onrycht, Followand sa lang Virgill, a gentile clerk. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. vii. 24 Therefore wryteth gregory not vnright whan he saith [etc.]. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 167 See how blinde a Guide Is lothsome Lust, that leades men so vnright. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹eOEadj.n.²eOEv.¹a1393v.²c1449adv.OE
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