† unˈwhole, a. Obs.
Forms: α. 1–4 unhal (3 Orm. unnhal), 3–4 unhale. β. 3, 5 unhole (3 onhole), unhol, 4 unholl, 5 unhool.
[OE. unhál (un- un-1 7 + hál whole a.), = OHG. unheil, unhail, Goth. unhails unsound, ON. {uacu}heill insincere, Norw. dial. uheil unhealthy, decayed.]
1. Not in good health; unsound, unhealthy; diseased, infirm, sick.
| α c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xi. §1 Sume habbað bearn ᵹenoᵹe, ac þa beoþ hwilum unhale oððe yfele & unweorþe. c 1000 ælfric in O.E. Hom. I. 296 Unᵹemetᵹod fæsten, & to mycel forhæfdnyss on æte & on wæte deð þone man unhalne. c 1200 Ormin 4778 Hiss bodiᵹ toc To rotenn bufenn eorþe All samenn... All þiss wass utenn wiþþ unnhal Þurrh swiþe unnride unnhæle. Ibid. 9393 Ȝiff þatt tin eȝhe iss all unnhal. c 1205 Lay. 17187 Þa men þe beoð un-hal, heo fareð to þan stane. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 35, I gif the blind..thair siht,..I mac unhale men al hale. |
| β a 1225 Ancr. R. 112 Lo þus þe hole half & te cwike dole drowen þet vuele blod ut frommard þe unhole. c 1275 Sinners Beware 308 in O.E. Misc. 82 He seyþ þenne, Myne Poure vn-hole hyne To eure dure come. 1379 Glouc. Cath. MS. 19 No. 1. i. iv. fol. 12 Ellys the body is vnholl & ther after schewith him the vryn. c 1425 Cursor M. 5137 (Trin.), Her fadir lay vnhol in bedde. |
b. Spiritually or morally unsound.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 470 Se ðe wenð þæt he hal sy, se is unhal. c 1275 Moral Ode 114 in O.E. Misc. 62 Nis no witnesse al so muchel so monnes owe heorte. For so seyþ þat vnhol is him seolue hwat him smeorteþ. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 129 Man quaim sinne mad unhale. |
c. Of unsound mind.
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| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 1681 His hert heldet vnhole, he hoped non oþer Bot a best þat he be, a bol oþer an oxe. |
d. Unsincere.
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| a 1352 Minot in Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 74 In hert he was unhale, He come thare moste for mede. |
2. Of food, etc.: Unwholesome.
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| a 1225 Ancr. R. 370 Ne nomen heo neuer ȝeme hwat was hol, hwat was unhol te eten ne to drincken. |
3. Imperfect; defective; incomplete.
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| a 1300 Cursor M. 23563 For-þi þat godd has ai wroght al, Of his werkes es noght vnhale [Trin. vnhool]. |