Obs. [OE. unhǽlu, -o, unhǽl (UN-1 12 + HEAL sb.), = OHG. unhailî, -heilî fem. Cf. MDu. (rare) and Du. onheil, MLG. unheil, OHG. unhail, unheil (also MHG., G.), Goth. unhaili neut.] Want of health or soundness; infirmity, trouble, misfortune.
c. 700. Laws of Ine, § 56. ʓif mon hwelcne ceap ʓebyʓeð, & he þonne onfinde him hwelce unhælo on [etc.].
c. 893. K. Ælfred, Oros., IV. iv. 164. Þa ðe þær on unhæle wæran.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. iv. 23. Hælend … hælde all unhælo & all untrymnise in folce.
c. 1000. Rule of Chrodegang, vii. Þæt nan ne beo aspelod … butan hwa for unhæle … ne maʓe.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 33. Ðos word sede þe engel … naht for englen unhele þe habbeð eche hele, ac far mannen unhele.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1064. He … healde halte & houerede, & euch unheale.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 8137. Mikel on him he had vn-hele, Thritti yere had ben mesel.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Doctor’s T., 116. Saue Enuye allone That sory is of oother mennes wele And glad is of his sorwe and his vnheele.
c. 1450. Holland, Houlate, 254. It neidis nocht to renewe all myn vnhele.
