[f. as prec.] Ignorance; unskilfulness.
a. 1325. Prose Psalter, lxxxi. 5. Hii ne wyst nouȝt ne vnderstode nowit, and hii ne gon in vnconandnes [v.r. vncunnyngnes].
c. 1375. Cursor M., 27571 (Fair.). Oft be-tidis þat man I-wis be-comis proude for vn-kunningnes.
1408. trans. Vegetius’ De re milit. (MS. Digby 233), fol. 186/2. Vnkonnyngnesse of swymmynge.
1422. Yonge, trans. Secreta Secret., 235. Ful smale leggis tokenyth vnconyngnesse.
c. 1475. Partenay, 12. By lachesse, Or … by vnconnyngnesse.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, VIII. Prol. 87. Clerkis for oncunnandnes mysknawis ilk wycht.
