Middle English Dictionary Entry
unknower n.
Entry Info
| Forms | unknower n. |
| Etymology | From unknouen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who is unfamiliar (with Mosaic law); also, one who lacks understanding of the nature of his actions.
Associated quotations
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)122/32 : Y perceyue wel in whiche caacis ignoraunce or vnkunnyng excusiþ þe vnknower from gilt of þe deede—of which deede þe ignoraunce is cause þat þe deede be doon.
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)269 : To hem it longid to not be unknowers of the lawe, in as moche as God comaundid his lawe to be of his peple knowun.