a. (UN-1 7.)

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1340–70.  Alisaunder, 1161. Menne … wer … By iustes unioyfull iugged too death.

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c. 1374.  Chaucer, Boeth., II. pr. v. (1868), 47. Certys þilke þinges … shullen ben vnioyeful to þe.

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1709.  Steele, Tatler, No. 16, ¶ 2. This unjoyful Set of People, who are always Enemies to those in Possession of the good Opinion of the Company.

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1837.  Carlyle, Fr. Rev., III. I. viii. A squalid unjoyful Figure.

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1868.  Lynch, Rivulet, CLII. ii. Not with unjoyful care Nor with unpraiseful prayer We live below.

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