▪ I. † unˈsaught, n. Obs.
[Late OE. unseht (f. un- un-1 12 + seht saught n.), *unsaht, = ON. and Icel. {uacu}sátt, ósátt, {uacu}sǽtt, MSw. osät, MDa. usæt.]
Discord, dissension; hostile speech.
| a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1052, Hi macodon mæst þet unseht betweonan Godwine eorle & þam cynge. c 1205 Lay. 11456 Wuileð Romleode cumen to þissere þeode,..& maken vnsæhte. a 1300 Cursor M. 28198 Wit flitt, wit brixil,..Myn euen-cristen haue i hurt, And oft vn-saght o him i said. 1710 Ruddiman Gloss. s.v. Saucht, To live in unsaucht, i.e. trouble. 1808 Jamieson. |
▪ II. † unˈsaught, a. Obs.
[Late OE. unseht (f. un- un-1 7 + seht saught a.), *unsaht = ON. and Icel. {uacu}sáttr, MSw. osatt, osätt, MDa. usaat in sense 1.]
1. At variance or enmity; hostile.
| c 1100 O.E. Chron. (MS. D.) an. 1067, Eadric cild & þa Bryttas wurdon unsehte. c 1205 Lay. 3930 Þas breþren weren swa wode..Þat al heo weren vn-sahte. 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 482 With holy chyrche þey ben vnsaght. c 1350 Lybeaus Disc. 1421 For þey were unsauȝte [v.r. vnsyȝt] And eiþer oþres fo. 13.. St. Erkenwald 8 In Hongyst dawes þat þe Saxones vnsaȝt had ene sende hyder. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1306 That here are semblede in sale, vn-sawghte mott ȝe worthe! c 1475 Golagros & Gaw. 456 Than thai schupe for to assege segis vnsaught. |
2. Dissatisfied, displeased.
| ? a 1300 Salomon & Sat. (1848) 275 Hit is mony gedelyng when me him ȝeueþ a lutel þyng, waxen wol vnsaþt. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xii. 42 Ant swore somme unsaht, That hem wes werk by-taht, longe er hit were lyht. 1390 Gower Conf. III. 153 Of thilke folk that were unsauhte Toward here king for his pilage. c 1400 Destr. Troy 5057 Yf we be cause of þi kene yre, And þou vnsaght of þi sight sothely of vs two. |
3. Not at ease; embarrassed; troubled, distressed.
| a 1375 Joseph Arim. 64 Þe kyng..wolde haue red of his folk,.. & þei forsaken hit han, & he vnsauht sittes. a 1400 Sir Perc. 2152 Thenne was scho unsaughte. Scho gret and cried in hir mone. a 1450 Le Morte Arth. 3189 The kynge gan lowde crye and calle, As marred man of wytte vnsaught. 1513 Douglas æneid xii. v. 201 This Chorineus als so fast Ruschit on his fa, thus fyrefangit and onsaucht. |
Hence † unˈsaughtly adv.; † unˈsaughtness.
| a 1000 in Vercelli MS. fol. 80 b, Þurh þæt þonne ariseð unsehtnesse betweoh twam cyningum & twam ᵹebroðrum. c 1200 Ormin 7187 Alle þa þatt lufenn toþþ & woh & unnsahhtnesse. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1501 Vnsaughtely he saide hyme þese sittande wordez. Ibid. 1847 Vnsaughtyly þey sette thane appone oure sere knyghttez. |