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No skill is his to strike against me, my shield to hew though he hardy be, bold in battle; we both, this night, shall spurn the sword, if he seek me here, unweaponed, for war.

From Beowulf by Gummere, Francis Barton

On the morrow Ralph went up to the King's Castle with but three men unweaponed bearing the gift which he had got for the King.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

She pointed her long arm at him, and some strange force seemed to be wielded by that unweaponed woman-hand that struck him and pierced him through flesh, and bone and marrow....

From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard

Ask me not why, sir: but, Diligence, if he do strive, Raise the street: he's unweaponed, and thou hast a weapon on.—

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

Meaning to win trophies to lay at Miss Brentwood's feet, the present stage of the rough joust with Fortune found him unhorsed, unweaponed and rolling in the dust of the lists.

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis