a. Obs. Forms: α. 1–4 unhal (3 Orm. unnhal), 3–4 unhale. β. 3, 5 unhole (3 onhole), unhol, 4 unholl, 5 unhool. [OE. unhál (un- UN-1 7 + hál WHOLE a.),= OHG. unheil, unhail, Goth. unhails unsound, ON. úheill insincere, Norw. dial. uheil unhealthy, decayed.]
1. Not in good health; unsound, unhealthy; diseased, infirm, sick.
α. c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xi. § 1. Sume habbað bearn ʓenoʓe, ac þa beoþ hwilum unhale oððe yfele & unweorþe.
c. 1000. Ælfric, in O. E. Hom., I. 296. Unʓemetʓod fæsten, & to mycel forhæfdnyss on æte & on wæte deð þone man unhalne.
c. 1200. Ormin, 4778. Hiss bodiʓ toc To rotenn bufenn eorþe All samenn…. All þiss wass utenn wiþþ unnhal Þurrh swiþe unnride unnhæle. Ibid., 9393. Ȝiff þatt tin eȝhe iss all unnhal.
c. 1205. Lay., 17187. Þa men þe besð un-hal, heo fareð to þan stane.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom., 35. I gif the blind … thair siht,… I mac unhale men al hale.
β. a. 1225. Ancr. R., 112. Lo þus þe hole half & te cwike dole drowen þet vuele blod ut frommard þe unhole.
c. 1275. Sinners Beware, 308, in O. E. Misc., 82. He seyþ þenne, Myne Poure vn-hole hyne To eure dure come.
1379. Glouc. Cath. MS. 19, No. 1. I. iv. fol. 12. Ellys the body is vnholl & ther after schewith him the vryn.
c. 1425. Cursor M., 5137 (Trin.). Her fadir lay vnhol in bedde.
b. Spiritually or morally unsound.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., II. 470. Se ðe wenð þæt he hal sy, se is unhal.
c. 1275. Moral Ode, 114, in O. E. Misc., 62. Nis no witnesse al so muchel so monnes owe heorte. For so seyþ þat vnhol is him seolue hwat him smeorteþ.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom., 129. Man quaim sinne mad unhale.
c. Of unsound mind. rare–1.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1681. His hert heldet vnhole, he hoped non oþer Bot a best þat he be, a bol oþer an oxe.
d. Unsincere. rare–1.
a. 1352. Misor in Pol. Poems (Rolls), I. 74. In hert he was unhale, He come thare moste for mede.
2. Of food, etc.: Unwholesome. rare–1.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 370. Ne nomen heo neuer ȝeme hwat was hol, hwat was unhol te eten ne to drincken.
3. Imperfect; defective; incomplete. rare–1.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 23563. For-þi þat godd has ai wroght al, or his werkes es noght vnhale [Trin. vnhool].
