Middle English Dictionary Entry
unsọ̄me adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | unsọ̄me adj. |
| Etymology | From sọ̄me adj.; cp. OE unsōm n. & ungesōm adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
At variance, at enmity, unfriendly.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1961 : Þas breþren weren swa wode and swa wiþer-warde þat al heo weren vn-sahte &…vn-some & eiþer hateden oþer.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14690 : Þa ne mihtte heom iwurðe wha þis lond scolde aȝen…And ælc nom of oðere al þat heo mihten, ane while un-some and an oðere while isahte.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)791/134 : For defaute of weyes muche folc was vnsome; þar fore þe king…fond Þe foure grete veyes þat goþ þoru þis lond.