Middle English Dictionary Entry
uniwītned ppl.
Entry Info
Forms | uniwītned ppl. Also (early) ungewitnod. |
Etymology | OE ungewītnod |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. witnere n.
1.
Of a person: unpunished.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)10/38 : Hit is soðlice awriten, ne byð se lease gewite ungewitnod nateshwan [Vulg. Prov.19.5: Testis falsus non erit impunitus], & se þe specð leasunge, he sceal losigen sylf.