† unˈride, a. Obs.
Also 3 vnrude, 5 -ruyde; 4–5 vn-, 6 unryde, 4 oun-, 5 onride, vnrid; 4 vnrede.
[OE. unᵹer{yacu}de (ME. unirude un-1 3) rough, violent, f. ᵹer{yacu}de (once), ? smooth, pleasant; of obscure origin. Cf. unrude a.1]
1. Severe; causing much suffering.
| c 1200 Ormin 4779 All þiss wass utenn wiþþ unnhal Þurrh swiþe unnride unnhæle. Ibid. 4784 Her wass unnseoll þe unnride inoh Till an mann forr to dreȝhenn. c 1300 Havelok 1981 He haues a wunde in the side, With a gleyue, ful unride,..And he haues on þoru his þe, Þe vnrideste þat men may se. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 747 Wel neȝ ys guttes þat swerd him ran, & made hym a wounde ounride. a 1400 St. Alexius (Laud 108) 542 Al þat folk þat stod be-syde Þat say þe sorwe so vnruyde, Þey wepe ful tendreliche. c 1460 Townley Myst. iii. 40 Man..was put out, in that tyde, In wo & wandreth for to be, in paynes full vnrid To knawe. |
2. Of large size; of great size and strength; so large as to be cumbersome or unwieldy.
| c 1220 Bestiary 646 Ðanne cumeð ðis elp unride. a 1240 Sawles Warde in O.E. Hom. I. 249 Euch an [sc. devil] bereð..an unrude raketehe gled-read of fure. c 1300 Havelok 1795 Þe barre..was unride, and gret ynow. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3691 Þe dent of þat sper oun-ryde. a 1400 Sir Per. 1160 To morne..salle we togedir playe With wapyns unryde. ? a 1600 Merline 1501 (Percy Folio), His tayle was great{ddd}his bodye was unryde with-all. |
b. Large in number; numerous.
| c 1300 Havelok 2947 [All] it sawe..Hwou he it bar with mikel pride For his barnage þat was vnride. c 1330 King of Tars 142 The soudan gederet an ost unryde. |
c. Large in extent. rare—1.
| 13.. Metr. Hom. (MS. Ashm. 42) fol. 136, An vnridde spase es now Makid betwix vs and ȝow Þat none of vs maie come ȝou nere Ne none of ȝou maie come here. |
3. Rough; violent.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 24845 Þe wind ras gains þam vnride. 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 174 Þe noyse was vnride, it lasted alle day. c 1350 Ipomedon 6492 Is knyght non, That darre fyght wyth hym alonne, So is the fende vnryde. a 1400–50 Alexander 739 Reviles he þis oþire renke with vnrid [v.r. vnrode] speche. c 1470 Golagros & Gaw. 630 [He] raught to the renk ane rout wes vnryde. |