† unˈmanhead Obs.
[un-1 12. Cf. OHG. unmanaheit, MHG. unmanheit.]
Unmanliness; unmanly conduct.
a 1300 Cursor M. 18795 Naman es he dos na man-hede, And of vn-man-hede es it draun, To be again god dede vn⁓knaun. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 227 [The Romans] chargede þe Britouns to leve of unmanhede. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 It ware grete harme and grete vn⁓mannhede to grefe swilk folk. |