Middle English Dictionary Entry
undercutten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | undercutten v. Also undercut, undircut(te; p. underkutte; ppl. undercut, undrecutte. |
| Etymology | From cutten v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To strike (sb. or sth.) down.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.38.12 : Kut of is as of a weuere my lijf; whil ȝit I weuede, he vnderkutte [WB(2): kittide doun] me.
- 1468 *Medulla (StJ-C C.22)105b/a : Succidus [read: succisus]: Vnder cut [Hrl 2257: vndre cutte].
- a1500 *Medulla (Hrl 2270)98a/a : Succido: to vndyr cutte [Pep: to vndyr cutt; Cnt: to vndercutt; Stnh: vndersmyte].