Obs. [UN-1 7. Cf. OE. unsæd unsated (= obs. Du. onzat).]
1. Not firm or steadfast; unreliable.
1382. Wyclif, Rom. xv. 1. The feblenesse of syke men, or vnsadde in feith.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Clerk’s T., 995. O stormy peple vnsad and euere vntrewe.
c. 1412. Hoccleve, De Reg. Princ., 705. O lord! þis world vnstabyl is, & vnsad.
1455. Rolls of Parlt., V. 341/2. Blynded with unsad trust and promysse of mariage.
1495. Cov. Leet Bk., 564. Þe vnsadde demeasnyng & dealyng þat he hath be of in tymes past.
2. Not firm, hard, or solid.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VI. v. (Tollem. MS.). The childes flesche, þat is newe bore, is tendir, nesche, quauy and unsad.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 491/2. Thoke, as onsadde fysche, humorosus.
3. Free from sadness.
a. 1450. Le Morte Arth., 1508. Off sorow were they neuyr vnsad, Myght they neyther drynke ne ete.
Hence † Unsadness. Obs.
1382. Wyclif, Heb. vii. 18. Reprouyng of the maundement bifore goynge is maad, for the vnsadnesse and vnprofyt of it.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. cl. (Bodl. MS.). Þere it is iseide þat … it happiþ & comeþ of vnfastenes & vnsadnes of þe tre.
