Obs. [OE. unsǽlþ (un- UN-1 12; also unʓesǽlþ, see UN-1 3), = OHG. unsâlida, unsâlda, unsâltha (MHG. unsælde, MLG. unsâlde, etc.).] Unhappiness, infelicity, misery.
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., x. Þæt is seo mæste unsælð on þys andweardan life.
c. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Thorpe), xiii. 7. Hie wilniað ealle mæʓne oþera manna unsælþa.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 374. Nis þer sorewe ne sor, ne neure nan vn-sealþe.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3026. Ðo wex vn-selðe on hem wel hard.
c. 1315. Shoreham, I. 823. Na more ne greueþ hyt ihesus … Þaȝ eny best deuoured hyt, Oþer eny oþer onselþe.
c. 1425. Eng. Conq. Ireland, 50. Euery selth hath wnselth at þe end.
