a. Now only dial. Also 4–5 vnbayn(e, -bein, 5 -beyne, 9 dial. unbane. [f. UN-1 7 + BAIN a., or ad. ON. úbeinn not straight, crooked (Norw. ubein crooked, awkward).]
† 1. Not ready or willing; disobedient. Obs.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 17735. He sal find mani bern vnbain, For mani sal him sai again.
c. 1400. Rule St. Benet (Verse), 1639. If ony be so vnbayne In word or werk to groch ogayn,… With penance sal scho be chastid.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xxiv. 356. Thou shall forthynk it, in fayth; Fy, what thou art fre! vnbychid, vnbayn!
a. 1500[?]. Chester Pl., II. 338. Thus shalt thou lyve,… for thou hast bene to me vnbeyne.
† b. Unfriendly, disagreeable. Obs.
a. 1300. Prov. Hending, in Anglia, IV. 186. Drawe þine honde sone aȝein, Ȝef man doth þe ouht unbein, Þar þine herte is ilende.
† 2. Slow, inactive. Obs.–1
a. 1470. Harding, Chron., LXIII. xii. So was he kyng of Brytain then again, And sone then after, he fell in age vnbain.
3. dial. Inconvenient, awkward.
1828. Craven Gloss., Unbane, inconvenient, distant.
1863. Mrs. Toogood, Spec. Yorksh. Dial. (MS.). I ought to have a fork; the spade is very unbane for the work.
1899. Leeds Merc. Suppl., 5 Aug. (E.D.D.). T’ doors is as unbane as can be.
