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Quotation dates: 1456, 1520-1535, 1596
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Unrichtwisnes, -uisnes, Unrychtwisnes, -uousnes, n. [ME and e.m.E. unrihtwisnesse (c1200), unrightwisnes (a1300), vnriȝtwisnesse (Wyclif), vnryghtuossnes (1422), vnrighteousness (1535); Richtwisnes n.] Unrighteousness. = Unrichtfulnes n. — 1456 Hay I 207/17.
Thus be unrychtwisnes cummys quhilum resoun that ellis wald nocht cum c1520-c1535 Nisbet John vii 18.
He that seekis the glorie of Him that send him, is suthfast, and vnrichtwisnes [W. vnriȝtfulnesse, P. vnriȝtwisnesse] is nocht in him c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Peter ii 13.
Thir ar as vnresonabile beestis … and sal peryse in thar corruptioun and resaue the hyre of vnrichtuisnes [P. vnriȝtwisnesse] 1596 Dalr. II 69/7.
That men put nocht … thair harte in vnrychtuousnes, thair thochts in falsheid [etc.]
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