Middle English Dictionary Entry
unhaving(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | unhaving(e ger. |
| Etymology | From having(e ger. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The fact of being without; ~ of, lack of (sth.), absence of.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) Trev.Barth.(Add 27944:Seymour)1332/35 : Shese hatte caseus and haþ þat name…of carendo, ‘vnhauynge’ oþer ‘beynge wiþoute’.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)89 : For harme which y haue knowen come bi defaut and the vnhauying and the vnknowing of this…consideracioun.