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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unes, -eis(e, n. Also: unhese, -ease, wnes. [ME and e.m.E. vnese (Cursor M.), vnease (1523); Es(e n.] Discomfort; inconvenience; difficulty, distress. Also at, in and with unes.a1400 Leg. S. xxxv 123.
A sel, Sa narow that with vnhese Mycht scho hyre turne c1475 Wall. iii 144.
The Inglismen … Ȝe harnest hors about thaim rudely raide That with wnes [1570 vneis] wpone thar feit thai baid c1475 Wall. v 607.
Throuch bewte off that brycht With gret wnes in presence bid he mycht c1475 Wall. vi 60.
In presoune now, delyuerit now throw grace, Now at vnes [1570 vneis], now in to rest and ruff 1531 Bell. Boece II 61.
Thoucht he wes in maist uneis and maledy, yit he laikit na thing that micht pertene to ane forcy campioun 1535 Stewart 3872.
All ȝoung childer sould rudlie nureist be … Quhairby tha mycht than efter … Suffer vneis and do thame litill deir 15.. Clar. iv 1410.
I will not heire remaine … To do ȝow grevance and myself uneise a1585 Maitl. Q. 248/26.
It sall not be the cruell spyt Of thame that workis vneis 1584 Reg. Privy C. III 645.
Sum that wer thocht meit to be removit furth of the realme … notwithstanding lingeris and abydis … to thair awin unease and to his Hienes offence 1632 Lithgow Trav. vii 327.
In this unease of tackling boards we so the way make short
b. The action of causing the unease or discomfort (of others).1535 Stewart 31314.
Alpyn … tuke the feild with mony cankerit knaif … And mony rebald in ane mekle rout, With greit vneis of all the land about
