† uˈneaths, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 3 uneðes, 4 uneþes, 4–6 unethes (5–6 -is), 5 onethes (-ys), anedes, 6 uneathes. β. 2–3 unneðes, 4 unneþes (-is, -ys, -us), 4–6 unnethes (4–5 -is, 5 -ys), 5 onnethis. γ. 4 uneths, 4–5, 7 unneths. δ. north. and Sc. 4 unees, 4–5 un(n)ese, 5 onnese, un(h)es, unnes, wnes, 5–6 uneis, 6 uneais.
[f. prec. + -s1.]
1. = uneath adv. 1.
| α, β, γ c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 179 Unneðes hie winnen ȝiet here louerdes rihttes. c 1220 Bestiary 134 He..nimeð vnneðes ðuræ, for his fel he ðer leteð. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2341 He dede halle ut ðe toðere gon, And spac un-eðes, so e gret. a 1300 Cursor M. 12686 Hes knes war bolnd sua þat he ne moght vnnethes ga. Ibid. 20982 Vneths he bar lif a-way. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1176 Byhinde, bifore, on þeym þei cam, Vneþes any a-wey þer nam. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 22 Þei wolen travaile..so bisily þat vnneþis may þei at reste seie metenes or masse. 1450 Paston Lett. I. 124, I..have soo wesshe this litel bille with sorwfulle terys, that on-ethes ye shalle reede it. 1482 Monk of Evesham iv. (Arb.) 23 In a voyce onethys audybille and noo thyng intelligibille. c 1520 Barclay Jugurth (1557) 7 b, Vnnethes coude he with moche paine induce him therto. c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 135 Rockes..of suche heyght, that..the toppe of them myght vnnethes be sene. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 1 Vneathes it can refraine From that, which feeble nature couets faine. 1621 Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 22 For unneths shall we finde a man..but hath a tang one of these two wayes. 1635 Heywood Hierarchy ix. 579 He lifts at juggs.., but they..Had been so well fill'd, that he vnneths may Aduance them..to his head. |
| δ a 1300 Cursor M. 1648 Al ar þai worthþi for to wite, vnnes es ani funden quite. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xix. (Christopher) 247 þe lytil barne..wox [h]euiare mare & mare, þat vnese oure þe watir he wane. c 1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 342 There sal cum slik slete and rayne, That unnese sal thou stand ogayne. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 282 Þar was a grete clernes of lyght,..Vnnes þar on men luke myght. c 1475 Ranf Coilȝear 157 He start vp stoutly agane—vneis micht he stand. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxii. 45 Vueis with lyf he mycht sustene That croune. |
2. = uneath adv. 2 a.
| 1388 Wyclif Gen. xxxiii. 11 Vnnethis, while the brothir compellide, he resseyuede, and seide, Go we to gidere. |
3. = uneath adv. 3.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 8159 Vnnethes [Gött. vnese] had he monid his mode, Þat a lem fra þe wandes stode. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 476 For unnethes es a child born fully Þat it ne bygynnes to..cry. 1388 Wyclif Gen. xxvii. 30 Vnnethis Isaac hadde fillid the word, and..Esau cam. |