Middle English Dictionary Entry
unful-fillen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | unful-fillen v. Also unfulfil. |
| Etymology | From ful-fillen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To stop (a hunt) short of completion;
(b) ppl. unfulfilled, of a commitment: without having been carried out, unaccomplished.
Associated quotations
a
- c1475 My dere sone wher (RwlPoet 143)225 : Haue one maner of worde, so how and no more To fulfil and vnfulfill eche maner chase: The honter euermor þat worde in his mouthe has.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Rom.9.6 : Not that the word of God hath falle doun, or failide vnfulfilled.