ppl. a. [UN-1 8.] Not cleansed or made clean.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past C., vii. 51. Ðylæs æniʓ unclænsod dorste on swa micelne haliʓdom fon ðære clænan deʓnenga ðæs sacerdhades.
c. 1200. Ormin, 10617. Þatt all follc wass unnclennsedd Off þatt missdede þatt wass don Þurrh Adam & þurrh Eve.
1439. Rolls Parlt., V. 32/1. Eny such Espiceries ungarbeled and unclensyd.
1467. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 385. That no blode putte be vnclensyd ouer a day and a night.
1549. Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. xi. 32 b. He without reuerence, and with an vnclensed conscience presumed to come unto so great a misterie.
1555. Eden, Decades (Arb.), 268. It is sould vnclensed or vnpurged.
1632. Sherwood, Uncleansed, non nettoyé.
1821. Scott, Kenilw., xxxi. We forgive your audacity, and your uncleansed boots withal.
1886. Encycl. Brit., XXI. 712/1. The imperfectly cleansed sewage and the wholly uncleansed surplus.
Hence Uncleansedness.
1622. W. Whately, God’s Husb., II. 122. You would not suffer your selfe-loue to hinder you from taking notice of your vncleansednesse.
