The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unware \Un*ware"\, a. [AS. unw[ae]r unwary. See Un- not, and Wary.]
Unaware; not foreseeing; being off one's guard. [Obs.]
--Chaucer. Fairfax.-
Happening unexpectedly; unforeseen. [Obs.]
The unware woe of harm that cometh behind.
--Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- Un*ware"ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Un*ware"ness, n. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
a. (context poetic English) unaware
Usage examples of "unware".
Then one of the company put off his upper robe and put it on my backe: which done, the Priest looked upon me, with a sweete and benigne voice, gan say in this sort: O my friend Lucius, after the endurance of so many labours, and the escape of so many tempests of fortune, thou art at length come to the port and haven of rest and mercy: neither did thy noble linage, thy dignity, thy doctrine, or any thing prevaile, but that thou hast endured so many servil pleasures, by a little folly of thy youthfullnes, whereby thou hast had a sinister reward for thy unprosperous curiositie, but howsoever the blindnes of fortune tormented thee in divers dangers : so it is, that now unwares to her, thou art come to this present felicitie : let fortune go, and fume with fury in another place, let her finde some other matter to execute her cruelty, for fortune hath no puissance against them which serve and honour our goddesse.
When I beheld this horrible fact, I could not but attempt to utter my mind and say, O masters, but I could pronounce no more but the first letter O, which I roared out so valiantly, that the young men of the towne seeking for a straie Asse, that they had lost the same night, and hearing my voice, whereby they judged that I had beene theirs, entred into the house unwares, and found these persons committing their vile abhomination, which when they saw, they declared to all the inhabitants by, their unnatural villany, mocking and laughing at this the pure and cleane chastity of their religion.