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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Unfailȝeand,) Unfailyeand, -faillȝeand, -failyeant, Wnfa(i)lȝeand, -faillande, -faylland, adv. [ME and e.m.E. vnfailende (Wyclif), un-failande (a1400), vnfaylinge (1435), all adjs.; Failȝeand ppl. adj.] Unfailingly. — c1400 Troy-bk. ii 273 (C).
Wherfor … wnfalȝeand ar we Maid rytht certeyn that [etc.] c1420 Wynt. i 242.
He gert … All the art of musyke wryte Swa that it mycht haldyn be Wnfaylland [C. vnfaillȝeand, W. wnfailȝeand] in posteryte c1420 Wynt. ix 2218.
Off Marche the five and twentyd day Unfailyeand [C. Wnfaillande] that [sc. the Annunciation] fallis ay 1570 Inverness Rec. I 194.
[She] obleist hir self to rander and delywer the said warstay in and to the cunsall house on Tuisdaye nixt vnfailyeant