Middle English Dictionary Entry
undrunken ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | undrunken ppl. Also (?error) undrynken. |
| Etymology | OEundruncen & ME drǒnken ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Unintoxicated, sober;
(b) not consumed in the process of drinking.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)98/246 : Drunken & vn-drunken, efre is wisdom wel god.
b
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)787 : In þe lordys cupp þat leuys vndrynken, Into þe almesdisshe hit schalle be sonken.