a. Sc. Also 6 vn-, onfery, vnfeire, 8 unflery, 8–9 unfeary, 9 onfeirie. [UN-1 7.] Inactive; incapable of exertion.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, X. xiv. 70. Thocht the violens of his sayr smart Maid hym onfery [v.r. vnfery].
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (Rolls), III. 437. Cruikit he wes, vnfeire of his cors.
a. 1736. T. Whittell, Sawney Ogilby’s Duel, v. Poet. Wks. (1815), 170.
| But Sawney grew weary, and fain would be civil, | |
| Being auld, and unfeary, and fail’d of his strength, | |
| Then she cowp’d him o’er the kale-pot with a kevil, | |
| And there he lay labouring all his long length. |
a. 1779. Graham, Writings (1883), II. 32. The auld beast being unfiery o’ the feet, she fundred.
1806. R. Jamieson, Pop. Ball., II. 171. Thoch auld onfeirie and lyart I’m now.
1809. Scott, Lett., in Lockhart, II. vii. 263. Coursing is my only and constant amusement, and my valued pair of four-legged champions … wax old and unfeary.
