Middle English Dictionary Entry
unhīden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | unhīden v. Also unhid(e, unhede; p.ppl. unhid(de, unhide, (early) unhed. |
| Etymology | From hīden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To make a disclosure [quot. a1400, 2nd]; uncover (sth.), lay open; reveal (sth.), expose, make public; also, uncover (sb.), reveal; ppl. unhidde, unhidden, unconcealed; also, revealed.
Associated quotations
- a1300 PMor.(McC 123)153 : At þan daie & þan dome, Crist us helpe & rede…Al scal beo þar vnhed her þat we hele.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.173 : Gog is als mychel to seie as þing þat is hyd, And Magog is als mychel to seie as þing þat is vnhid.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21308 : Dinnes þe toþer, trumpes þe thrid, Singes þe firth wit sune vn-hid [Trin-C: vnhidde].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27447 : Ic ask hu sal þe preist him lede Quen hide and vnhide [Frf: vn-hid] bath es nede?
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29341 : Þe fiftend case [of cursing]…Er þaa þat pouermen ouer-lais…And okerers fra þai be vn-hide.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)973 : I þis mote þe schal vnhyde…and I anendez þe on þis syde Schal sve, tyl þou to a hil be veued.
- c1400 Wit & W.(Cmb Res.b.162)D/5 : Vnhidis hily þat he in hoende bere And one gleme ouer glade gloppenes ham alle.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)2168 : The crafte of loue he shall mowe lere If that ye wole so long abide Tyl I this Romance may vnhide.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3437 : Bot ȝour harmes were vnhid, I held noȝt myne athis.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11631 : Þe prophett sone his hed vnhyd, by cause þe kyng þen suld hym knaw.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)24/249 : Schameful synne doth us vn-hede; I se vs nakyd be-fore and be-hynde.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)184/200 : If Any dowtys to me ȝe mell, þe trewth þerof I xall vn-hyde.
- a1500 Awntyrs Arth.(Dc 324)328 : Þe wyndes, þe weders, þe welkene vnhides; þene vnclosed þe cloudes.