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unˈhelm, v.
[un-2 4, 7. Cf. Du. onthelmen.]
1. refl. and trans. To divest (oneself or another) of a helmet.
refl.c1400Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton, 1483) iv. xxxviii. 66 This knyght..vnhelmed hym, and come before the kynge. c1468in Archaeol. (1846) XXXI. 338 Then the Duke unhelmed hyme, and..chargid pece in paine of deth. 1587Holinshed Chron. (ed. 2) III. 825/1 When the iusts were doone, the king & all the other vnhelmed them, & rode about the tilt. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 100 Striving to unhelme himself.., he taking his brothers hand, would needs kisse it. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. i. 124 The laws of the tournament permitted any one of the combatants to unhelm himself at pleasure. 1866Lawrence Sans Merci xli, The five kings..unhelmed themselves to quench their thirst.
trans.1470–85Malory Arthur x. lxxxvi. 565 Thenne they vnarmed them. And whanne syre Launcelot was vnhelmed, sir Tristram and syr Palomydes knewe hym. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clxviii. 468 Eche of them strake other on their helmes... With yt ataynt the lorde of saynt Pye was vnhelmed. 1587Hughes Misfort. Arthur v. i, Vnhealme his luckelesse head, set bare his face. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xii, The marshals..unhelmed him by cutting the laces of his casque. 1848Lytton Harold xii. ix, They unhelmed another corpse.
2. intr. To take off one's own helmet.
1865J. M. Ludlow Epics Mid. Ages II. 228 Nor will she let William in till he has unhelmed. |