Obs. [UN-1 12.] Lack of strength; weakness, feebleness.
c. 1200. Ormin, 16915. Þatt follc þatt … nohht ne darr ȝet stiȝhenn upp To follȝhenn heȝhe mahhtess … Forr hiss flæshess unnstrenncþe.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 232. We iknowen ure owune feblesce & ure owune muchele unstrencðe.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 751. Hwy atwitestu me myne vnstrengþe?
1382. Wyclif, 2 Macc. iii. 24. Alle that weren hardye for to obeye to hym … weren togidre turnyd in to vnbyndynge, or vnstrengthe, and inward dreed.
