Obs. [OE. unwine (UN-1 4 b), = ON. and Icel. ú-, óvinr (Norw. uvin, MSw. ovin, Sw. ovän, (M)Da. uven).] An enemy or foe.
1050. Will, in Thorpe, Charters, 584. ʓif ic onʓen ne cume, þat hu it nefre ne let weldon mine unwinan after me.
c. 1100. O. E. Chron. (MS. D), an. 1075. Þæt he mihte … his unwinan unþancas don.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 53. Þos men þe þus todraȝed heore euencristene bi-hinden … beoð cristes unwines.
c. 1200. Ormin, 19838. Þatt time þatt Herode wass Unnwine wiþþ Filippe.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1221. Eð were ure lauerd … to awarpen his unwine.
b. spec. The Evil One. (So MSw. ovin.)
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 178. Þet te Holi Gost ledde ure Louerd into onliche stude … for to beon itempted or þe unwine, of helle.
a. 1225. Juliana, 35. Were me swa wið þen vnwine;… þet þu beo … iheiet eaure in eorðe.
c. 1240. Ureison, in O. E. Hom., I. 197. Ne þole þu þene unwine þet he me arine.
