† unˈwine Obs.
[OE. unwine (un-1 4 b), = ON. and Icel. {uacu}-, óvinr (Norw. uvin, MSw. ovin, Sw. ovän, (M)Da. uven).]
An enemy or foe.
| 1050 Will in Thorpe Charters 584 Ᵹif ic onᵹen ne cume, þat þu it nefre ne let weldon mine unwinan after me. c 1100 O.E. Chron. (MS. D) an. 1075, Þæt he mihte..his unwinan unþancas don. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þos men þe þus to⁓draȝed heore euencristene bi-hinden..beoð cristes unwines. c 1200 Ormin 19838 Þatt time þatt Herode wass Unnwine wiþþ Filippe. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1221 Eð were ure lauerd..to awarpen his unwine. |
b. spec. The Evil One. (So MSw. ovin.)
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 178 Þet te Holi Gost ledde ure Louerd into onliche stude..for to beon itempted of þe unwine, of helle. a 1225 Juliana 35 Were me swa wið þen vnwine;..þet þu beo..iheiet eaure in eorðe. a 1240 Ureison in O.E. Hom. I. 197 Ne þole þu þene unwine þet he me arine. |