Obs. [UN-1 4 b. Cf. ON. úvættr evil spirit.] An evil being or spirit; a fiend or monster; spec. the devil.
a. 1200. St. Marher., 3. Ne þole þu neauer þe unwiht þat he weorri mi wit.
c. 1205. Lay., 15734. Nat ic … wha hine biȝate inne weorlde riche, no whaðer hit weore unwiht.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 238. Hwo se … uihteð … aȝan þe unwiht of helle. Ibid., 300. Þe sunfule is þe unwihtes lond.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 33. Vnwyht, heo seyde, awey þu fleo. Ibid., 218. Hwi dostu þat vnwihtes doþ? Þu singest anyht & nouht aday.
c. 1230. Hali Meid., 41. Þu forhores te wið þe unwiht of helle.
c. 1275. Sinners Beware, 4, in O. E. Misc., 72. Þeos holy gostes myhte … wisse vs and theche To wyten vs wyþ þan vnwihte, Þat … þencheþ vs to bipeche.
b. Used as adj. (but the Cotton MS. has unwrþ ‘unworth,’ rhyming with noȝt wrþ).
a. 1250. Owl & Night. (Jesus MS.) 339. Þu … makest þi song so vnwiht Þat me ne telleþ of þe nowiht.
