† unˈselth Obs.
[OE. unsǽlþ (un- un-1 12; also unᵹesǽlþ, see un-1 3), = OHG. unsâlida, unsâlda, unsâltha (MHG. unsælde, MLG. unsâlde, etc.).]
Unhappiness, infelicity, misery.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. x, Þæt is seo mæste unsælð on þys and weardan life. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) xiii. 7 Hie wilniað ealle mæᵹne oþera manna unsælþa. a 1200 Moral Ode 374 Nis þer sorewe ne sor, ne neure nan vn-sealþe. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3026 Ðo wex vn-selðe on hem wel hard. c 1315 Shoreham i. 823 Na more ne greueþ hyt ihesus..Þaȝ eny best deuoured hyt, Oþer eny oþer onselþe. c 1425 Eng. Conq. Ireland 50 Euery selth hath wnselth at þe end. |