† unne, v. Obs.
Forms: inf. 1 unnan, 3 unnen. pres. ind. 1 ann, onn, 1, 3 an, 3 on (also 3 unne, unnest), pl. 1 unnon, 3 unnen (unneð). pres. subj. 1, 3 unne (3 hunne). pa. tense 1, 3 uþe, uðe (3 ouþe); pl. 1 uþon, uðon, 3 uðen. pa. pple. 3 i-unnen, unen, unned. Cf. i-unne v.
[OE. unnan, = OS. unnan, OHG. unnan, unnen (MHG. unnen), MDu. onnen, ON. unna (Icel., Norw., Swed. unna, Da. unde), one of the class of preterite-present verbs. The stem ann- is the base of Goth. anst-s, OE. ést este n.]
1. trans. To grant, allow, give (freely).
In OE. construed with the genitive.
| Beowulf 1225 Ic þe an tela sincᵹestreona. a 900 O.E. Chron. an. 755 (Parker MS.), Þa ᵹebead he him hiera aᵹenne dom feos & londes, ᵹif hie him þæs rices uþon. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) cxxxi. 4 Ᵹif ic minum eaᵹum unne slæpes. a 1122 O.E. Chron. an. 1041 (Laud MS.), Eall folc ᵹeceas Eadward to cynge..healde þa hwile þe him God unne. c 1205 Lay. 14851 Habbe alc god mon his rihte, ȝif godd hit an. a 1225 Ancr. R. 90 Ase quite ase ȝe beoð..weren alle þe oðre, ure Louerd hit vðe. c 1275 Sinners Beware 272 in O.E. Misc. 81 Loke, seyde god nuþe, Hwat ich for ou ouþe. |
2. To wish or like (one) to have (something).
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. i. 98 Næs na for þæm þe hie him æniᵹra goda uþen. c 1000 Ags. Psalter (Thorpe) xxxix. 17 Ondrædon him þa þe me yfeles unnon. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 79 Ne wile [he]..naðemore haten him þe..him iuel unnen. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2344 Beoð bliðe, ich biseche ow, Ȝef ȝe me blisse unnen. a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xi. 40 Ich unne hire wel ant heo me wo; Ycham hire frend ant heo my fo. c 1320 Sir Tristrem 1928 Meriadok was a man Þat tristrem trowed ay; Miche gode he him an. |
3. To grant, permit, or allow
that. Also
const. with inf.
| Beowulf 2874 Hwæðre him God uðe,..þæt he hyne sylfne ᵹewræc. c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. 349 Ðæt is ðæt hwa.. him unne ðæt he to ryhte ᵹecierre. c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt., Int. 4 Ic onn [L. opto] ðæt in crist ðu ᵹetreow⁓fæstniᵹ. a 1200 Moral Ode 314 Ac drihte crist..of alle vre gultes unne us come bote. a 1225 Ancr. R. 380 Ȝe nowen nout unnen þet eni vuel word kome of ou. a 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2249 God hunne him eði modes ben, And sende me min childre agen. 1258 Charter Hen. III, We willen and unnen þæt þæt vre rædesmen..habbeþ idon..be stedefæst. |
| ellipt. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1739 Ich an [v.r. vnne] wel, cwað the niȝtegale. |
Hence
† ˈunnung vbl. n. Obs.| a 1225 Ancren R. 282 Ondes salue, ich seide, þet was feolaulich luue, and god vnnunge: & god wil, þer ase mihte of dede wonteð. |