Obs. [OE. unrihte (f. un- UN-1 11 b + rihte RIGHT adv.), = MDu. onrechte (Du. onrecht), OS. and OHG. unrehto (MHG. unrehte, G. unrecht), Da. uret, Sw. orätt.] Improperly; not in the right way; wrongly.
Beowulf, 3059. Þa wæs ʓesyne þæt se sið ne ðah þam ðe unrihte inne ʓehydde wræte under wealle.
a. 1000. Ags. Ps. (Thorpe), cxviii. 78. Beon þa oferhydeʓan ealle ʓescende, þe me unrihte ahwær gretan.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, V. 661. Hym thought … þat þe sonne wente his course vnright.
a. 1400. Northern Passion, 1624. Þai lukyd tyll hys fete full bryght; Sone þai sayd þai lay vnryght [v.r. noghte aryghte].
c. 1480. Henryson, Test. Cres., 205. As King Royall he raid vpon his Chair, The quhilk Phaeton gydit sum tyme vnricht.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XIII. Prol. 138. Gyf thou hes afore tyme gayn onrycht, Followand sa lang Virgill, a gentile clerk.
1555[?]. Coverdale, trans. Bk. Death, vii. 24. Therefore wryteth gregory not vnright whan he saith [etc.].
1603. J. Davies (Heref.), Microcosmos, 167. See how blinde a Guide Is lothsome Lust, that leades men so vnright.
