Middle English Dictionary Entry
untīlen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | untīlen v. Also untille. |
| Etymology | From tīlen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To remove the tiles from the roof of (a house); ppl. untiled, of a house, a structure: lacking roof tiles.
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.252 : A strawe for þe stuwes…Had þei none [vr. no þyng] but of pore men, her houses were vntyled!
- (1431) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)202 : Resseyvyd off John Wellys, Aldyrman, For an Olde voyde hous þt was vntyled, vij li.
- (c1468) Paston (EETS)1.537 : Ye shall haue doubyll cost for to vntylle your howsys.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: The Destr.Troy quot. and the last ppl. gloss as found in the print MED and the first version of eMED have been dropped. See telden v., sense (a) for this quot.