† uny, v. Obs.
Also 5 vnye.
[ad. OF. uni-er (1371 in Godef.), or uni-r (12th–13th c.; F., Sp., and Pg. unir, It. unire), a. L. ūnīre to unite. Cf. une v.]
trans. To form, combine, or join into one; to make one; to unite.
Freq. from c 1435 to 1535; in later use chiefly Sc. The chief types of construction are illustrated by the different groups of quotations.
| (a) 1433 Rolls of Parlt. IV. 441/2 Pretendyng yat all his Auncestres..have had ye Estate, Honour and Dignite, as annexed, unied and appurtenaunt to ye seid Castell, Honour and Lordship. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 435/2 How our lord wold unye or joyne our humanyte to his dyuynytee by grete loue. 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. iv. D ij b, By the baptem the soule..is incorporat and vnyed with holy chirche. c 1510 More Picus Wks. 13/1 That prayer..not onelye presenteth the mind to the father: but also vnieth it with hym by vnspeakeable wayes. 1550 J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Heralds §128 Whiche realme..[he] conquered, uniynge it to the Crowne of Espayne. |
| (b) c 1450 Myrr. our Ladye 294 The prayer of a multytude that is vnyed togyther in charyte. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. vi. cxciii. 196 He made Dunstanne..bisshop of Worceter, and vnyed and knyt into one the prouynce & lordshyppes of Englande. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccclxxxi. 640 That there be no villayns nor gentylmen, but that we may be all vnyed toguyder. 1541 Copland Galyen's Terap. A j, Howe Phylosophy and eloquence are..vnyed togyther by offyce and actyon. |
| (c) c 1460 Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. ii. (1885) 112 Euery comunalte vnyed of mony parties must nedis haue an hed. 1482–3 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 310 That they..a Gilde or Fraternyte..of the men of the seid Crafte and other, myght make, vnye, founde,..and stablissh. 1509 Sc. Acts, Jas. IV (1814) II. 267/1 It sall be lefull till his grace to diuide schirefdomez & create, vny, & annex þe sammyne. 1512 Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 135 In the which time..should be unyed and congregeed the princes of christendom for to passe over the sea. |
| (d) 1562 Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 41 In Christe Iesus is na commixtioun,..bot bayth the twa naturis vniit in ane persoun. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 84 At last..the Britanis of Cambrie..war vniit in ane people vndir ane law. |
| refl. c 1440 Gesta Rom. xli. 26 The Sone of god vnyede hym to mankynde to þe dethe. 1494 Cov. Leet Bk. 558 That they..applye them-self to Joyn & vnye themself or to be contributory to other Craft. 1562 Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 43 The Sone of God..be vniing Him self to man..wes maid man. |
Hence
† unying vbl. n. Obs.| 1517 Love's Bonavent. Mirr. xv. (W. de W.) I iv b, Puttynge a-way occasyon..that myght drawe y⊇..soule..fro the vnyenge & knyttyng to her spouse Jhesu chryst. |