Middle English Dictionary Entry
unquenched ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unquenched ppl. Also unqueint(e, unquinched, unqwenched, (?error) unquence & (Orm.) unncwennkedd. |
| Etymology | From quenched , queint, etc., p.ppl. of quenchen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Unextinguished; also fig.;
(b) of lime: not exposed to moisture, unslaked; ~ lim, quicklime.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10491 : Ure Laferrd Jesu Crist…shollde…werrpenn all þe chaff anan Inntill þe fir…þatt bærnenn shall A butenn ende unncwennkedd.
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)124/22 : Þe lenger þe fuyre brenneþ vnqueynte, þe strenge[r] it is.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4028 : Ther sodeyn ire…Ther vnqueynt fires with flawme of tirannye…Ne wil nat suffre ther infernal rage Differre ther doomys til ther ire asswage.
- a1500 Wast bryngyth (Cmb Ff.2.38)st.62 : I lycken the worlde to fyre vnqueynte; Þe werke to tymbur to frame were broght; Whan tymbur & fyre togedur be meynt, Hyt ys contrarye, hyt brenneth to noughte.
b
- c1450 Bod.483 Herbal (Bod 483)43/64 : Take powder off dragance…and of unquence [?read: unquente] lyme…and temper them with gode vynegar and ley thys plaster to þe canker.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)304/993 : For a wenne: Take sall armoniak and alym & resalgar & make the skynne raw aboute with sciseskyn or vnqueynt lyme or with a rasor.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)85/27 : Take iii partyis of ensens, to partis of alwm, and o party of brynston and vnqwenched lym.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)142/28 : They that were vpon the walles within fourth cast on them grete logges of wode, brennyng oyle, lede molten, tonnes & barels full of vnquynched lyme, and vesselles full of flaxe grecyd with oyle and mixtyouned with brymstone and sulfer, al ardaunt & brennyng.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 39/25 : Take vnqweynte lyme and caste hit in a tubbe or in a barell, þanne put þerto a lytul watre so þat þe lyme ligge bewose þerynne.
- a1500 Trin-C.R.14.45 Recipes (Trin-C R.14.45) 131/30 : Take onqueynt lyme and lye made of bene asken and make hit togeders.
Note: Additional quotes, sense (b). Trin-C O.9.39 antedates sense.