Obs. [OE. unsǽle (UN-1 7.), = ON. and Icel. ú-, ósæll (Sw. osäll, Da. ussel), unhappy, wretched, Goth. unsēls evil, wicked. Cf. SELE sb. a. Unlucky, bad. b. Unfortunate, wretched.
c. 1050. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 421. Inprobus, unsæle, ʓemah.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 199. Nere namon elles ded ne sec ne nan unsele.
c. 1275. Lay., 23868. Þe king was onseale þat he euere þoht wiþ Arthur to fihte.
c. 1300. Prov. Hendyng, in Rel. Ant., I. 113. Holde ich no mon for vnsele Oþer whyle þah he fele Sum þyng þat him smerte.
13[?]. Cursor M., 6149 (Gött.). Þaim he did þair asking haue, For to reue þat folk vn-sele.
Hence † Unsel(e)ly adv. Obs.–1
c. 1275. Lay., 7022. Suþþen was his sone king, Þat onselliche lifuede.
