a. Obs. [a. ON. ú-sǽll unhappy (MSw. usal, Sw. usel, Da. ussel, miserable, pitiful), f. ú- UN-1 + sǽll happy.] Wretched, miserable. Hence † Uselldom, wretchedness. Obs.–1
c. 1200. Ormin, 891. Forr, baþe leddenn usell lif I metess & i claþess. Ibid., 3668. Unnorne & wrecche & usell child Inn ure mennisscnesse. Ibid., 3708. To libbenn her onn eorþe Full wrecchelike inn uselldom Off metess & off claþess.
