Obs. [UN-1 12. Cf. MDu. onthope, and WANHOPE sb.] Lack of hope; despair.
a. 1225. Ancren R., 8. Þet ȝe muhten sone uallen … in desperaunce, þet is, in unhope.
a. 1240. Sawles Warde, in O. E. Hom., I. 251. Ant tis ilke unhope is ham meast pine.
1477. Earl Rivers (Caxton), Dictes, H iv. Take not vnhope of that, that thou maist not amende.
