[OE. unefne (f. un- UN-1 11 b + efne EVEN adv.), MDu. onevene, -effene (obs. Du. oneven), OS. unefno, MLG. unevene, -even, MHG. unebene, -eben.] = UNEVENLY adv.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Thorpe), cxl. 9. Swa unefne is eorþe þicce.
c. 1275. in O. E. Misc., 86/1. Weole, þu art awaried þing, vneuene constu dele.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 24178. Þou … folus þam þat þe wald fle, And luues all þat letthes þe, þis part vneuen es delt.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 9. So stant the pes unevene parted.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, lxxxi. 96. The ballance gois vnevin.
