Middle English Dictionary Entry
unrē̆stful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unrē̆stful adj. Also unrestfulle, unresteful. |
| Etymology | From rē̆stful adj. or unrē̆st(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Dissatisfied, malcontent;
(b) causing distress or disquiet; also, turbulent;
(c) distressed, uneasy, anxious; also, restless [1st quot.];
(d) restive, bold.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Bar.4.15 : He brouȝte vpon hem a folc fro fer, a folc vnsaciable, or vnrestful, and of an other tunge.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)206/28 : Euere þei ben vnquyetid and vnrestful, seþin þei desiren sich a þing þat neuere may fulfille hem.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)2.27.96a : It [fleshly love] beriþ doun þe þouȝt & makiþ it unrestful.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)104 : Þei are…vnschamful to axe, bolde to denay, vnrestful tul þei tak, vnkynd wan þei han tane.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)103b : Vn Restfull [Monson: vn Restfulle]…Importunus.
b
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)62/1 : Of trespas and synne cam forþ an vnrestful flood, which smoot him alwey wiþ hise watris.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.385 : To suche as gretly rowte or make any unrestful noyse in ther sleppe…schal he þurueyd a nother place, wher they may slepe with oute unrestyng of other.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)94/5 : Al þis lijf be foule, peynful, careful, perilose, dredeful, laboriose, vnrestful.
c
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)236/31 : Þai [the brain-injured] haue feueres and ben vnrestful.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)82/6 : Lorde, þou art my takar, þat malicius prikkyngis of my fraward enmys me make [not] vnrestfull.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)674/12 : Hit is nedefull that all cristen men…to love Religion…that they be not made vnrestfull or greved or I-weried with importune grefis.
d
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.Prov.(Cld E.2)7.13 : With wowing cheer, that is, vnresteful and with out schame [WB(2): Sche…kissith the ȝong man and flaterith with wowynge cheer; L procaci vultu].