Middle English Dictionary Entry
unbet(te ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unbet(te ppl. Also unbete, unbech. |
| Etymology | From bet(te , bẹ̄te, p.ppl. of bẹ̄ten v.(2); cp. OE unbēted. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of sins: not remedied, not amended;
(b) of a fire: not furnished with fuel, not tended.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)173 : Ac alle þo þe nabbeð swo idon, he bit here unbette sennes on þonke and on speche and on dede cumen biforen hem.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26649 : A sin or tua Vnbette [Frf: vnbete] þai drau ai toward maa.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)28371 : My suernes me has don for-gette And many sinnes left vn-bett.
b
- c1450 All this day (Cai 383/603)p.306 : All vnswope ys owre vlech, And owre fyre ys vnbech; Oure ruschen ben vnrepe yech Ayen this hy halyday.