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† unˈknowe (also 5–6 -know, 6 Sc. -knaw), obs. variants of unknown ppl. a. For the phrase unknowe, unkissed, see unkissed ppl. a.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 382 We holden hit a vertu..Among þe men of our march mercy vnknowe. c1350Lybeaus Disc. 71 Than may ye wete a rowe, ‘The fayre unknowe’, Sertes so hatte he. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 87 Þan were þe Parthi as it were..vnknowe amonge men of the est londes. 1430–40Lydg. Bochas viii. xiv. (1558) 9 b, A knight vnknowe angelyke of vysage. c1440Gesta Rom. i. 2 (Harl. MS.), Þat she euer pursuyd for my deth, þat is vnknowe to me. 1513Douglas æneid vi. ii. 52 Virgyne, na kynd of pane may rise Vnknaw to me. So † unˈknowed ppl. a. Obs.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 3847 If þar comeþ any ounknowed man. c1380[see unkept ppl. a. 2]. |