Middle English Dictionary Entry
ungīven v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ungīven v. |
| Etymology | From gīven v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To unshackle (sth.), free, release;—used in fig. context.
Associated quotations
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)97/17 : Þouȝ wickede spiritus suffre hem awhile…to seme ibounde wiþ chaynes and fetres of loue…sone aftur Ester þei breken þer bondus and ungyuen þer affecciones, folewinge here lustis as þei weren hogges.