† unˈthewed, ppl. a. Obs.
[un-1 8.]
1. Ill-mannered; unruly, wanton.
| c 1200 Ormin 2186 Forr son se maȝȝdenn wurrþeþþ bald, Ȝho wurþeþþ sone unnþæwedd. Ibid. 6371. c 1250 Ten Abuses 9 in O.E. Misc. 185 Child un-þeaud [v.r. vnþewed]. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 112 That ilke childe Was sa unthewed and sa wilde, That alle the schathe that he moht do, He did. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 5873 Maysters of þair disciples alswa, Þat þai lete be unthewed, and untaght ga, And chastid þam noght. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 144 Thus is schewed What is to ben of Pride unthewed. |
2. Unrefined, coarse.
| c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2555 Summe he deden in vn-ðewed swinc,..Muc and fen ut of burȝes beren. |