Middle English Dictionary Entry
underdrauen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | underdrauen v. P. ppl. underdraue(n. |
| Etymology | From drauen v., presumably modeled on AN sustrere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Stub entry.
1.
Law To deprive someone of (a right or revenue) illegally; to so deprive (sb.).
Associated quotations
- a1325 Rwl.Statutes (Rwl B.520)1:13/35,14/2 : Of heires þat beth imaried ..biþoute leue of hoere wardein..hoe þat habbeth vnderdrawen [F: sostret] þe mariage sullen þe riȝtte ualuwe of þe mariage to þe wardein for þe tressepas, ant neuerþelater þe king sal habbe þe amendes after þe purueaunce of him þat him hat so vnderdrawe [F: sustret].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: The second instance, with its plethora of pronouns, may be regarded either as transitive, as it is taken here ("from him (the perpetrator) who so injured him (the guardian)"), or reflexive ("from him (the perpetrator) who so involved himself in theft of the marriage right"). The French offers no equivalent to the second 'him' (Statutes of the Realm, 1:33). OED has an entry 'underdraw' but it appears to be a completely independent development.