Middle English Dictionary Entry
unlọ̄sed ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unlọ̄sed ppl. Also unloused. |
| Etymology | From un- pref.(1) & lọ̄sed, loused, p.ppl. of lọ̄sen v.(3). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of a knot: not loosened, tied fast;—used in fig. context; of boots or leggings: not opening (in the back).
Associated quotations
- (?1424-34) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.120194 : Pro la vaumpedyng xij parium ocrearum lowsed aretro [read: a retro] xiij d. ob…Et pro xij paribus unlowsed retro x d. ob.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)91/5 : God forbede þat bodily sondyrans make partynge of sawlis, bot rather þe knot vnlousyd of drawynge frenschyp sal comforth heuynes of bodily sondyrynge, þat þe freynd with his freynd sall þink he is, qwhils he seys stedfanes of wills vnlowsyd.