Middle English Dictionary Entry
untīnen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | untīnen v. Also (SWM) untuen, (early SWM) untune(n, ontune; p.sg.2 (early) untindest; sg.3 untined, untuined; pl. (early SWM) untunden. |
| Etymology | OE untȳnan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To burst apart, sunder;
(b) to open (a gate, door, cupboard); also fig. [quot. c1175].
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Sayings St.Bern.(Hrl 2253)14 : Þe fleyhs shal rotie…Þe senewes vntuen [Dgb: sundren] eueruchon.
b
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)85/25 : Ge ealdres, geopenigeð & untyneð eower gaten.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)12/28 : Þu…þurh þine mildheortnesse þæs cnihtes heortæ untyndest þæt he me diȝellice þa ȝyrdæn sceawode.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)115 : Gie maisterlinges herwið-innen, openeð giure gaten, and ech gate untineð giu seluen to-genes þe king of blisse þe wile faren herin.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4877 : Duren heo vntunden.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9455 : Nis nan cniht…þe ȝeten mihten un-tunen [Otho: ontune].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10278 : Ȝe wið-inne, þenne beoð eou iwarre þat þenne ȝe i-hereð þene dune, þat ȝe ȝæten untunen [Otho: vntune].
- ?a1475 Banester Guiscardo (Add 12524)499 : She rose vp in [read: and] ane almery vntuined [vr. vntyned] In hyr chawmer.