† underyetev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To get to know, to become aware of, to ascertain, to observe (a fact).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > know, be aware of [verb (transitive)]
witc888
underyetec893
knowOE
acknowOE
understanda1000
seeOE
awitc1200
wota1300
beknowc1300
kena1400
cognizance1642
suppose1843
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. vii. 112 Þa Crece þæt þa under~geaton,..hie þa ealle wið hiene gewin up ahofan.
c1066 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C) ann. 1066 Þa Eadwine eorl and Morkere eorl þæt undergeaton, þa coman hi þyder.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1055 Þe louerd þat sone vnderȝat.
c1290 Beket 1194 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 140 Seint thomas it vnder-ȝat and þare-with ne paid him nouȝt.
a1300 Floriz & Bl. (Cambr.) 556 Ac longe ne miȝte hi hem wite Þat hi neren vnderȝete.
a1330 Otuel 1351 Þo garsie it vnder-ȝat, He was swiþe sori for þat.
b. With clause as object.
ΚΠ
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxxi. 762 Þa underget se halga wer þurh haligne gast þæt hit se sylfa deofol wæs.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 231 Him a þance befell to underȝeite wa..him were frend oðer fend.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 197 Wanne þe neddre hit underȝit þat hie sechen after hire, hie warneð hire wið hem.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7498 Nu vnder-ȝat [c1300 Otho wiste] Uortimer his sune þat he hefde atter inomen.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2227 Þe londes abouten vs abbeþ wel under ȝite Þat þer nis no volc bileued þat lond vor to wite.
a1400 Sir Beues (A.) 1514 Þat hors wel sone vnder-ȝit, Þat Beues has nouȝt vpon is rigge.
2. To perceive, observe (a person or thing); to catch sight of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > succeed in seeing or catch sight of
underyetec1000
aspya1250
kenc1275
ofyetec1275
choosea1300
akenc1300
descrivec1300
ofkenc1300
readc1300
espyc1320
descryc1330
spyc1380
discernc1405
discover1553
scan1558
scry1558
decern1559
describe1574
to make out1575
escry1581
interview1587
display1590
to set sight of (in)c1595
sight1602
discreevec1650
glance1656
to catch a glimpse of1679
steal1731
oversee1735
glimpse1779
twig1796
to clap eyes on1838
spot1848
sky1900
c1000 Ælfric Judges xvi. 3 Hwæt, þa Samson heora syrwunga undergeat.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 120 Hellene Mucheres þe robbeð alle þe gold hordes þet ha maȝen under ȝeoten.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 907 Brutus & his gode folc under-ȝeten [c1300 Otho vnder-ȝede] þeos feondes.
13.. Sir Beues (A.) 4354 Beues at þe mete sat. He be-held and vnder-ȝat Al is fon, þat were þer oute.
c1305 Pilate 200 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 116 Whan þu vnderȝete..þe gywene falshede, Whi naddestou ispeke þer aȝe?
3. To learn or know the character of; to understand the meaning of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)]
yknoweOE
acknowOE
anyeteOE
latchc1000
undernimc1000
understandc1000
underyetec1000
afindOE
knowOE
seeOE
onfangc1175
takec1175
underfindc1200
underfonga1300
undertakea1300
kenc1330
gripea1340
comprehend1340
comprendc1374
espyc1374
perceivea1387
to take for ——?1387
catcha1398
conceivea1398
intenda1400
overtakea1400
tenda1400
havec1405
henta1450
comprise1477
skilla1500
brook1548
apprend1567
compass1576
perstanda1577
endue1590
sound1592
engrasp1593
in1603
fathom1611
resent1614
receivea1616
to take up1617
apprehend1631
to take in1646
grasp1680
understumblec1681
forstand1682
savvy1686
overstand1699
uptake1726
nouse1779
twig1815
undercumstand1824
absorb1840
sense1844
undercumstumble1854
seize1855
intelligize1865
dig1935
read1956
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 16 Fram hyra wæstmun ge hi undergytað.
a1240 Lofsong in Old Eng. Hom. I. 215 Me ne hit underȝit nout er þen me hit leose.
13.. Seven Sag. (P.) 3151 The child was wys,..And hadde wyt of the Holy Gost, And wat they sayden he undirgat.
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