a. Obs. [ME. unthēnde, f. un- UN-1 10 + thēnde, pres. pple. of THEE v.1]
1. Not in good condition; bad or poor in quality or kind.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. V. 177. I ete there vnthende fisshe and fieble ale drynke.
a. 1400. Partonope, 6660. He was so megere and so vnthende,… So hugely wasted a-wey is he.
1447. Bokenham, Seyntys (Roxb.), 27. My penne also … ful ny is waxyn unthende.
a. 1470. H. Parker, Dives & Pauper (W. de W., 1496), I. iv. 35/2. Oftentyme that crosse that the preest holdeth in his honde is full unreuerenced & unthende.
b. Unwholesome.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 2262, in Macro Plays, 145. Þi metis & drynkys arn vnthende, whanne þei are out of mesure take.
2. Unthriving; unprosperous.
c. 1400. Pety Job, 654, in 26 Pol. Poems, 142. The worldes wyles ryght nat me payes, For they ben false and full vnthende.
c. 1412. Hoccleve, De Reg. Princ., 2464. Rightwisnesse … out of this ile Purposeth fully for to fare & wende, So is our reule vnthrifty & vnthende.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 510, in Macro Plays, 92. Who-so wyl alwey foly fle, In þis werld schal ben vnthende.
b. Weak, feeble.
c. 1425. Cast. Persev., 287, in Macro Plays, 85. Nakyd I am, as ȝe may se. a! Lord God in trinite! Whow Mankende is vnthende!
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 367/2. On-thende, invalidus.
Hence † Unthendely adv. Obs.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 367/2. On-thendly, invalide.
