Middle English Dictionary Entry
unditten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | unditten v. Also undit; sg.3 (early SEM) undett; p. (early SWM) undutte; ppl. undit, (SW or SWM) undut. |
| Etymology | From ditten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To open (a vessel, an oven); uncover (a pit);
(b) fig. of a person: to open (his heart); of God: make (sb.) receptive to instruction;
(c) to release (an animal) from confinement.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 11 Pains(1) (Jes-O 29)234 : Vurþer þer his on oþer put þat ne cumeþ neuer vndut.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)1038 : Þo Jhu crist was i gon, vndut was þe Ouene a non, And þulke þat weren i pult þer in Comen out.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)325/293 : Þo þis ouene was vndut, þis maide com out gon.
- a1500 Of spayn (Corp-O 226)34 : For affter thei be yn mariage knyt, Loke neuer thi vesel by vndit [*Ashm 759: vnshitte] Til thei be engendrid in-to a ston.
b
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)121/31 : Andetetdnesse…is ðanne ðe mann undett [h]is herte and seið his scrifte his sennes ðurh his muðe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)95/833 : He undutte us & tahte us treowe bileaue þurh þe edie meiden katerine.
c
- c1400(?c1280) SLeg.OTHist.(LdMisc 622)254 : Þo Danyel had seueniȝth ibe in þe dep pytt, Þe kyng loked to his lyouns & lete hem vndytt.