Middle English Dictionary Entry
unladde ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unladde ppl. Also onlad. |
| Etymology | From lad(de , p.ppl. of lēden v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Without being guided or directed, unled.
Associated quotations
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.A.452 : An olde wycche…hadd made of lether an hogg bagge; By wychecrafte she made hym to…goo aboute euery place vnladde And do all thyng that the wycche hym badde.
- a1500 Jhesu lord owr (Pen 53A)p.207 : Loke þt sum of you be so sad That ye can not go home on-lad When ye haue be at þe wyne.