Obs. [Late OE. unseht (f. un- UN-1 7 + seht SAUGHT a.), *unsaht = ON. and Icel. úsáttr, MSw. osatt, osätt, MDa. usaat in sense 1.]
1. At variance or enmity; hostile.
c. 1100. O. E. Chron. (MS. D.), an. 1067. Eadric cild & þa Bryttas wurdon unsehte.
c. 1205. Lay., 3930. Þas breþren weren swa wode … Þat al heo weren vn-sahte.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 482. With holy chyrche þey ben vnsaght.
c. 1350. Lybeaus Disc., 1421. For þey were unsauȝte [v.r.M vnsyȝt] And eiþer oþres fo.
13[?]. St. Erkenwald, 8. In Hongyst dawes Þat þe Saxones vnsaȝt hadene sende hyder.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1306. That here are semblede in sale, vn-sawghte mott ȝe worthe!
c. 1475. Golagros & Gaw., 456. Than thai schupe for to assege segis vnsaught.
2. Dissatisfied, displeased.
a. 1300[?]. Salomon & Sat. (1848), 275. Hit is mony gedelyng when me him ȝeueþ a lutel þyng, waxen wol vnsaþt.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., xii. 42. Ant swore somme unsaht, That hem wes werk by-taht, longe er hit were lyht.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 153. Of thilke folk that were unsauhte Toward here king for his pilage.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 5057. Yf we be cause of þi kene yre, And þou vnsaght of þi sight sothely of vs two.
3. Not at ease; embarrassed; troubled, distressed.
a. 1375. Joseph Arim., 64. Þe kyng … wolde haue red of his folk,… & þei forsaken hit han, & he vnsauht sittes.
a. 1400. Sir Perc., 2152. Thenne was scho unsaughte. Scho gret and cried in hir mone.
a. 1450. Le Morte Arth., 3189. The kynge gan lowde crye and calle, As marred man of wytte vnsaught.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XII. v. 201. This Chorineus als so fast Ruschit on his fa, thus fyrefangit and onsaucht.
Hence † Unsaughtly adv.; † Unsaughtness.
a. 1000. in Vercelli MS., fol. 80 b. Þurh þæt þonne ariseð unsehtnesse betweoh twam cyningum & twam ʓebroðrum.
c. 1200. Ormin, 7187. Alle þa þatt lufenn toþþ & woh & unnsahhtnesse.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1501. Vnsaughtely he saide hyme þese sittande wordez. Ibid., 1847. Vnsaughtyly þey sette thane appone oure sere knyghttez.
