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Quotation dates: 1438, 1499-1500, 1552
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Unwo(u)ndit, ppl. adj. [ME and e.m.E. unnwundedd (Orm), vn-woundet (c1350), vnwoundit (c1400), OE unwunded; Wo(u)ndit ppl. adj.] Unwounded, unhurt. — ?1438 Alex. i 1626.
Thair shot was great and greauit thame sare, Sa that full few vnwoundit ware ?a1500 Dewoit Exerc. 108.
Thai left nocht sa mekill haill vnwondit of ȝour precius body as to set doun a prene poynt c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3897.
Thare wes nocht left ane penny breid Unwoundit, frome his feit tyll heid
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