Obs. [UN-1 7. Cf. MDu. onsoft, -saft(e, sacht(e, etc. (Du. onzacht), MLG. unsacht, OHG. (MHG.) unsamft (G. unsanft).] Not soft; hard, severe.
c. 1275. Serving Christ, 25, in O. E. Misc., 9. Þer is þe sunfulle vnsofte to beon.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Merch. T., 1824. He kisseth hire ful ofte With thilke brustles of his berd vnsofte.
1390. Gower, Conf., I. 283. Mi wofull herte is so tobete, That all my wittes ben unsofte And I am wroth.
1430–40. Lydg., Bochas, V. vii. (1494), r j b/2. And Affricans felt full vnsoft Whan she to theym list be contrarye.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, X. 332. Quham euir he hyt, thair sawchnyng was wnsoft.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, II. ii. 96. The north wynd onsoft Held thaim abak.
