Middle English Dictionary Entry
unlight ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unlight ppl. |
| Etymology | From light , p.ppl. of lighten v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a lantern or lamp: unlit.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)50/20 : If men caste in to it [Dead Sea] a lanterne light, it fletez abouen; and, if it be casten þerin vnlight, alssone it synkez to þe ground.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)53/13 : A laumpe…sholde at no tyme be lefte vnlyght and for by cause that onys it was not attendid with oyle it happed to be quenchid.