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Unslayn(e, p.p. Also: un-, wnslane, -slayne, -slaine, onslayne, -slaine, -slane. [ME and e.m.E. un-slaȝen (c1250), vn-slayn (14th c.), onslayne (1555), unslaine (1633), ON úsleginn; Sla v.] Not, or without being, killed (of others). Also const. doun.(1) 1375 Barb. x 622.
Mycht thai se thaim, thar suld nane Eschape out off that place wnslane [C. vnslane]
1375 Barb. xvi 643.
Thai ȝeyt that held wnslayne [C. vnslayn] Pressyt to the se agayne
c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 161/20.
For he left nowthir seik nor sair Unslane, or he hyne ȝeid
c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1341.
I had rather be in hellis pane, Or he suld chaip fra vs vnslane
a1578 Pitsc. I 320/2.
Wnslaine
1583 Reg. Privy C. III 603 (see Unhocht p.p.).
Unslane
(b) 1531 Bell. Boece (M) I 63.
Onslayne
1570 Sat. P. xix 62.
Na Prince may leif … In this fals realme, onslane in burgh and land
a1578 Pitsc. II 44/23.
Onslaine
(2) 1513 Doug. i i 55.
Troianys … Onslane [Sm. vnslayne, Ruddim. unslane] of Grekis or of the fers Achill
(3) 1535 Stewart 5688.
Tha left nocht ane in Britane onslane doun Within ane strenth

b. Half unslane, half dead. 1533 Boece 154a.
Thir Germanis … leiffing mony half vnslane [L. Semineces] throw desire to sindir the armye of inemyis

c. Of animals: Unslaughtered (for food). c1650 Spalding I 205.
The poor men … coft bak thair awin scheip agane, sic as wes left vnslayne for thair meit

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