Middle English Dictionary Entry
unchid ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unchid ppl. Also unchedin. |
| Etymology | From chid , chẹ̄den, p.ppl. of chīden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Not having been scolded, unrebuked; also, error for chid ppl. [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)111 : Be the subbaillif to whom the ferst biddyng was maad for to maken the ferst distresse vn chid [ID(1): puny] by the award of hese soveraynes, for as moche as he maade not at the gynnyng sufficiaunt distresse.
- (1472) Paston (EETS)1.576 : Many qwarellys ar pyekyd to get my brodyr E. and me ought of hyr howse; We go not to bed vnchedyn lyghtly.