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▪ I. † unˈsele, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 unsæl, 2–3 un-, vnsel, 4–5 vnsell, -sele; 4 vncel(e, 5 vnceyll(e.
[OE. unsǽl (un- un-1 12 + sǽl sele n.) = ON. and Icel. úsæla, ósæla unhappiness.]
1. Unhappiness, misery; misfortune, ill luck.
a1023Wulfstan Hom. (1883) 236 Þa deoflu..wæron on miclum unsælum, and þa englas wæron on swiðe micelre blisse. c1205Lay. 30541 Unsel him wes on mode. a1250Owl & Night. 1263 Ich wolde Þer hi wel vnderstonde scholde Þat sum vnsel heom is ihende. c1275xi Pains Hell 90 in O.E. Misc. 149 Snaken..dreyeþ heom in-to a wel Þer heo þolyeþ al vn-sel. 1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 278 Þe Scottis I telle for sottis, & wrecchis vnwar, Unsele dyntis to dele þam drouh to Dunbar. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 1267 Of an vnsele y may ȝou telle, & ȝe wil a stounde duelle. a1400Hymns Virgin (1867) 106 Þat þou..help to sauen hem from vncele, So þat heore soules beo not schent. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 5985 Ector thanne with mochel vnsele Graunted his askyng. c1460Towneley Myst. xii. 3 Here is mekyll vnceyll, and long has it last.
b. Unseemly matter. rare—1.
a1400Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. 503/377 Bi heore onswere þei wuste ful wel Þat þei hedde spoken muchel vncel.
2. An improper time.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 13 Ȝef man haueð to done mid his rihte spuse on unsele oðer an untime þan man faste sal.
▪ II. † unˈsele, a. Obs.
[OE. unsǽle (un-1 7), = ON. and Icel. ú-, ósæll (Sw. osäll, Da. ussel), unhappy, wretched, Goth. unsēls evil, wicked. Cf. sele n.]
a. Unlucky, bad.
b. Unfortunate, wretched.
c1050Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 421 Inprobus, unsæle, ᵹemah. a1200Moral Ode 199 Nere namon elles ded ne sec ne nan unsele. c1275Lay. 23868 Þe king was onseale þat he euere þoht wiþ Arthur to fihte. c1300Prov. Hendyng in Rel. Ant. I. 113 Holde ich no mon for vnsele Oþer whyle þah he fele Sum þyng þat him smerte. 13..Cursor M. 6149 (Gött.), Þaim he did þair asking haue, For to reue þat folk vn-sele.
Hence † unˈsel(e)ly adv. Obs.—1
c1275Lay. 7022 Suþþen was his sone king, Þat onselliche lifuede. |
