Middle English Dictionary Entry
unperceived ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unperceived ppl. Also unperseivid, unparceived, (16th cent.) unpersaivit. |
| Etymology | From perceived , etc., p.ppl. of perceiven v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Without having been seen, unobserved; ?also, not revealing an inner state (by outer appearance), not given away as to one’s feelings [quot. a1500].
Associated quotations
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1058 : Priveli unparceyved þei pleyed togedere, þat no seg…souched no gile.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2142 : Unparceyved passe þei nouȝt ȝif þi puple be treuwe.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)3817 : Where with ser yuell passing wroth he was vn perseyuyd be countenaunce or sight.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)8657 : Achilles…Vnpersayuit of the prince, prikit hym to, Woundit hym wickedly, as he away loked.