An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

UNLAW, UNLACH, s.
1. Any transgression of the law, O. E.
Quon. Att.

A. S. unlaga, unlage, quod contra legem est.

2. A fine exacted from one who has transgressed the law.
Wallace.
3. Used improperly, to denote a law which has no real authority.
Baillie.

To Unlaw, v. a. To fine.
Burr. Lawes.

UNLEIF, adj. Unpleasant, ungrateful.
V. [Leif].
Douglas.

UNLEILL, adj. Dishonest.
V. [Leil].
Lyndsay.

UNLESUM, adj. What cannot be permitted.
V. [Lesum].
Douglas.

UNLUSSUM, adj. Unlovely.
V. [Lufsom].
Douglas.

UNMODERLY, adj. Unkindly.
Wyntown.

Un negat. and A. S. mothwaere, meek.