Middle English Dictionary Entry
underdọ̄n v.
Entry Info
| Forms | underdọ̄n v. Also underdo, undredo, onderdon; p.ppl. underdon. |
| Etymology | OE underdōn |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To subdue (sb.), subjugate;
(b) ppl. underdon, placed within the purview of one’s eyes, observed.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)4041 : Of ðe sal risen sterre brigt, And a wond ðe sal smiten rigt Moab kinges and under-don Al sedes kin ðis werld up-on.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)63a/a : Subacto: vnderdo [Pep: vndyrdo oft; Hrl 2257: vndredo; StJ-C: don vnder].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)63a/a : Subagito: to vnderdon [Add 33534: onder don].
b
- a1500 Let.Alex.(Wor F.172)15 : I trowed nat or bilieved to any man of so many woundres but that with myn eyen I have proved al thynges vnderdon [L subiecta ( vr. subacta) meis oculis].