unwine - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

unwine n.

Forms	unwine n. Also (in surname) unwin; pl. unwines, onwines & unwinen.
Etymology	OE

Note: Cp. uniwine n.

(a) A foe, an enemy, an adversary;—freq. in fig. context; also, specif., Satan; (b) as surname.

a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)16/23 : For cæstel is geclypod sun heh stepel, þe byð mid wealle betrymed, swa þæt æigðer oðre bewereð wið unwinen gewinne.
c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)7383 : Ta Kalldisskenn menn Amang unnwiness wærenn.
a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)15 : Elch man þe hes doð wereð him seluen þarmide wið mankinnes unwine.
a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)75/13 : Godes word, godes ræd is ðin unwine, forðat hit ne seið noht al ðat tu woldest.
a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)77/16 : Luue þine unwines for ðe luue of godd.
c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)65/567 : Eð were ure lauerd, liuiende godes sune, toawarpen his unwine & reauin him his hondiwerc.
c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)38/360 : Wel is him þet…bisið him hu he mahe beast halden his hus þet godes tresor is in aȝeines godes unwine.
c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)93/19 : Te hali gast leadde ure lauerd seolf in to anlich stude…forte beon itemptet of þe unwine of helle.
a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)127 : Ne þole þu þene unwine þet he me arine.
c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)816 : Heo bi-hæihten Goffaren…þat heo hine wreken wolden…of his unwines.
c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)7220 : Ȝef þou wolt þe awreke…and don þin onwines [Clg: vniwinen] wo, send after mine sone Octa.