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(Unsikernes,) Unsekernesse, Unsickirnes, n. [ME unsykernes (Rolle), unsikernes (Trevisa); Sikernes n.] a. Instability. b. Weakness, fragility. c. Uncertainty. —a. c1409-1436 Kingis Q. § 15.
Thus stant thy confort in vnsekernesse And wantis it that suld thé reule and gye —b. c1520-c1535 Nisbet Heb. vii 18.
That repreving of the mandement before gangand is made, for the vnsickirnes [P. vnsadnesse; L. infirmitatem] and vnproffite of it —c. a1568 Bann. MS 74b/3.
The deid certane the hour vnsickirnes
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