Middle English Dictionary Entry
unbẹ̄n v.
Entry Info
| Forms | unbẹ̄n v. |
| Etymology | From bẹ̄n v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To be nonexistent, cease to be.
Associated quotations
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)84/21 : In al þis sorow he desireþ not to vnbe, for þat were deuelles woodnes & despite vnto God.
- a1425(?a1400) PCounsel.(Hrl 674)157/4 : Þou coueitest so streitly, not for to vnbe…bot to forgo þe wetyng & þe felyng of þi beyng.
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)122/9 : Syn in vs may vnrene, bot it may not vnbe.