Middle English Dictionary Entry
unrīde adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | unrīde adv. |
| Etymology | From unrīde adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Wildly, fiercely;
(b) in great numbers, densely, thickly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24845 : Þe wind ras gains þam vnride, þe see þam sailed on ilk side.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2733 : Gy wolde noȝt abide For drede of the lancynge þat com ther of speres þat fulle ounryde.