Middle English Dictionary Entry
unquī̆t(e ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | unquī̆t(e ppl. Also unquitte, unqwit(e, onquit. |
| Etymology | From quī̆t(e (p.ppl. of quī̆ten v.) or quī̆te adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Unrequited, not repaid; of service: unrewarded; also, of a slight or an injury: unavenged;
(b) ?unsolicited.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21431 : Þe dai es gain, þe dett vn-quitte, þe bodi most beleue for it.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4177 : Seruice vnquyt and murdre…Bifore al-mighty god auxen vengeaunce.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12171 : Now is he ded and þe dett vn qwyte [rime: fytt, sytt], and ylka man askes his dett of me.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)288/486 : Þat rebuke þat he gaf me xal not be vn-qwyt…my derk dongeon I xal bryngyn hym to.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)89/27 : Þer schall no good dede be vnquyte, nor no euell vnponysched.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)6038 : By cause kyng Gwynan had hym slayn, To go vn quyte he thought noo wurchippe in.
b
- c1430 Chaucer PF (Cmb Gg.4.27)518 : But bet is that a wyhtis tunge reste Than entirmetyn hym of suhe doinge Of which he neythir rede can ne fynde; And who so doth ful foule hym self a-cloyith, for offys onquit [vrr. vncommyttyd, vnconveyid, vncommaundet] ofte a-noyeth.