ppl. a. Now arch. [UN-1 8 b. Cf. OE. unscended, MDu. ongescendet, -scent, -scant (obs. Du. ongeschent, Du. ongeschend), OHG. ungeschendet (MHG. ungescant), etc.] Uninjured, unharmed, unspoiled, etc.
1303. R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 2733. Vndyrstand … Þat … wrong Iugement Shul neuer more be vnshent.
a. 1400. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., 680/6. Þer nis no mon fer ne nere Þat may him-seluen saue vn-schent, But he þat casteþ … To kepe wel Cristes Comaundement.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 2143. If at ȝe shap ȝow to shount vnschent of oure handis.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xv. 3. If thou wyll saue thy self vnshent.
1597. Bp. Hall, Sat., IV. i. Ho! all ye Females that would liue vnshent.
1628. Wither, Brit. Rememb., I. 975. In hope their number keep them shall unshent.
1653. J. Taylor (Water P.), Cert. Trav. Uncert. Journ., 20. Time never was, nor n’ere I thinke shall be, That Truth (unshent) might speake, in all things free.
1817. Keats, Sleep & Poetry, 379. The patient weeds, that now unshent by foam Feel all about their undulating home.
1868. Browning, Ring & Bk., III. 1409. Let the priest retire, unshent, unshamed, Unpunished.
1898. T. Hardy, Wessex Poems, 62. Like one of those the Furnace held unshent.
