† unˈqueme, a. Obs.
[OE. uncwéme (un-1 7): cf. uniqueme un-1 3), MSw. oqväm, MDa. ukvem.]
1. Displeasing.
| c 1000 Vercelli MS. fol. 79 a, For þære [unsibbe] bið sio ure onsæᵹdnes Gode uncweme. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 9 Ure lif we ledeð richtliche toȝenes ure louerd.., ȝif we forbereð al þat þat him is unqueme. c 1200 Ormin 4629 All þatt follȝheþþ unnclænleȝȝc All iss Drihhtin unncweme. |
2. Unfit, unsuitable; awkward.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 12411 Þis tre..Þat first vnquemest was to see Nu es it quem als it mai be. 1611 Cotgr., Maladroict, vnwieldie, aukward, vnwheeme. |
3. Uncomfortable, uneasy.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 22597 Þe self angels sal quake vnqueme For dute of him þat all sal deme. |
So † unˈquemable, a., unˈquemably adv., unˈquemefully adv., unˈquemely [cf. MSw. oqvämelika] adv. Also unˈqueme v. [un-2 3], to trouble, unsettle. Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 3566 Þe heued biginnes for to scak, His hend vnquemli for to quak. Ibid. 22551 Vnquemfulli þan sal þai quak, Þat all þe erth it sal toscak. c 1400 Destr. Troy 2693 Þou qwene, þat vnqwemyt has on sum qwaint wise, The angur thee is, Ecuba, entrond on honde! Ibid. 13681 Þen fortune his fall felli aspies, Vnqwemys his qwate, & þe qwele turnys. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 366/2 On-qwemable, inplacabilis. Ibid., On-qwemably, inplacabiliter. |