adv. Obs. [UN-1 11: cf. prec.] Illicitly; improperly.

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c. 1375.  Sc. Leg. Saints, x. (Matthew), 384. How dar þu þane … fra þi lorde tak hyre to þe, vnlefully to wedyte be?

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1386.  Rolls of Parlt., III. 226/1. Any … wronge suggestion, by which owre lige Lorde hath ybe unleeffullich enfourmed.

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c. 1400.  Apol. Loll., 110. Al bi power of bischopis name þat þei chalang unlefuly to hem wiþ out þe kirk.

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1456.  Sir G. Haye, Law Arms (S.T.S.), 288. He suld nocht … unlefully trete him.

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