Obs. [UN-1 12. Cf. OS. unwunni, OHG. unwunna (MHG. unwunne, unwünne).] Grief, sorrow, distress.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 71. Kep us … from iwilch heued sunne, Þet he ne bringe us in to unwune.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 208. Adam and his of-sprung … Wes fele undret wintre an helle pine and an unwunne.
c. 1275. Sayings of Bede, 160, in Horstm., Alteng. Leg. (1881), 507. Hy shulen to þere ounwinne.
a. 1300. in E. E. P. (1862), 21. Sinne me hauiþ in care ibroȝt, broȝt in mochil vn-winne.
c. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., xv. 47. Un-wunne haveth myn wonges wet.
a. 1400. Northern Passion, 1242. Of me þai hafe gret syn At gaffe me vppe to þis vnvyn.
c. 1480. Bk. of Brome (1886), 96. As they hadyn hym ferder inne Ther he sawe woll mykyll on-wyn.
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl., XXIV. 471. Lord, on this I can not myn,… Thee in mischeif or any vnwyn To shew thee such a will.
