Now arch. [UN-1 12, prob. after unfrith. (UN-1 3). Cf. MDu. onpays, obs. Du. onpaais, Flem. onpeys (Kilian).] Absence of peace; dissension, strife.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 414. He … sette þam in haly palais, Þar neuer mai be of pride unpais. Ibid., 13306. To man þai wroght neuer vn-pes.
c. 1380. Wyclif, Sel. Wks., I. 250. Men ben now redi to heeren of unpees, batailis, and strives.
1420–2. Lydg., Thebes, III. 4260. Fell Ethyocles, Rote of vnreste and causer of vnpes.
a. 1470. Dives & Pauper (W. de W., 1496), V. xvii. 219/1. He bad them absteyne them from all tokenes of unpacyence, of unpeas, and of crueltee.
1876. Morris, Sigurd, II. 89. Where unpeace and troubles and the griefs of the soul abide.
1906. Mary Cholmondely, Prisoners, vi. There is an unpeace which passes understanding also.
