† underfadj.

Forms: early Middle English underue.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English underuo , underfo v.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of underuo, variant past participle of underfo v. (compare variant reading in quot.), apprehended as if < un- prefix¹ + derf adj.In quot. a1250 the scribe of MS Titus, probably influenced by the preceding unstrengðe , has apparently misread the presumed underuo of the archetype as a negative adjective formed on derf adj. The form underuo represents a variant (with loss of final -n ) of underuon , the usual form of the past participle of underfo v. in the so-called ‘AB language’ of the south-west midlands.

Obsolete. rare.

Perhaps: irresolute, weak.

ΚΠ

a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 791 Al þe weane & te wa wente up o þe unstrengðe of þat underue [c1225 Royal underuo; L. assumpte] flesch.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	underf
释义	† underfadj. Forms: early Middle English underue. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: English underuo , underfo v. Etymology: Probably an alteration of underuo, variant past participle of underfo v. (compare variant reading in quot.), apprehended as if < un- prefix¹ + derf adj.In quot. a1250 the scribe of MS Titus, probably influenced by the preceding unstrengðe , has apparently misread the presumed underuo of the archetype as a negative adjective formed on derf adj. The form underuo represents a variant (with loss of final -n ) of underuon , the usual form of the past participle of underfo v. in the so-called ‘AB language’ of the south-west midlands. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: irresolute, weak. ΚΠ a1250 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Titus) (1981) l. 791 Al þe weane & te wa wente up o þe unstrengðe of þat underue [c1225 Royal underuo; L. assumpte] flesch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1250
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