† unwryv.
Obsolete.β. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. x. 26 Nowiht forðon [bið] gedegled þæt ne se unwrigen.c1055 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 334 Griphia..byð gesett þær þa deopan þing beoð unwrogene.a1200 Moral Ode 160 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 169 Al scal þer bon þanne unwron, þet men wruȝen her.a1225 Leg. Kath. 1769 Þer me unwreah me þe wei, Þet leadeð to liue.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10457 God wot wuch is herte was, vor he nolde him noȝt vnwre. Þe erchebissop him asoilede.c1330 Amis & Amil. 783 When þe douke com in to þat won, Þe steward oȝain him gan gon, Her conseyl for to vnwrain.c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1849 Y wil her as y can my message to þe ounwrye.c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 18 Or [= ere] I do specifye Myn entent for to vnwrie, Or ferther in this boke procede.
1.
a. transitive. To reveal or expose to sight by the removal of a covering; to uncover, lay bare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > uncover and expose
unwryc825
bareOE
unhelec1000
uncoverc1390
disclosea1393
to lay outa1400
unhidea1400
declose14..
unbare1530
discover1563
imbear1657
fleece1667
unfence1715
to lay bare1807
to open out1832
strip1839
expose1851
α.
β. c975 Rushw. Gosp. Mark ii. 4 He..unwreogon þæt hus..þær he wæs.c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 334 Ða licmen his neb þærrihte unwrugon.a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 148 Þo he schulde habben unwrien his wunden.c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 858 To hym byhoueth first vnwre [v.rr. onwrye, vnwry] his wounde.a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 336 His aristable he gan vnwriȝene [v.r. vnwreone].c1430 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 85 Unwrey al þe bon, in kuttynge awey al þe flesch.c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 197 He ros out of his graue,..& vnwryed þe munkys in here beddys.c825 Vesp. Psalter xvii. 16 Onwrigen werun steaðelas ymbhwyrftes eorðan.
c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) cxviii. 18 Onwreoh þu mine eagan.
c1290 Beket 2278 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 172 Þe Cardinales nolden nouȝt is bodi al on-wreo [c1300 unwreo].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 58 Hi onwriþ þane pot, and þe uleȝen vlyeþ þerin.
b. reflexive. To uncover (oneself); to make naked.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (reflexive)] > make naked
unwry?c1225
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 47 Ach for heo vn wriȝen heom in monnes echsiððe.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 46 Bersabee..vnwrech hire Indauiðes sichðe.
2. figurative. To reveal, disclose, make known (some hidden thing or fact, sin, etc.); to communicate or divulge (a matter).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
c825 Vesp. Psalter xxxvi. 5 Onwrih dryhtne weg ðinne.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xvii. 30 Æfter þysum þingum bið on þam dæge þe mannes sunu onwrigen bið.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 88 Uor hyer ne zyþ non onwryȝe þe uayrhede of god, bote ase hit by ine ane ssewere.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 174 Þe zike ssel onwri his ziknesse.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > uncovered or exposed
openOE
unwrye?c1225
naked1601
unbare1624
exposed1630
detected1654
detect1661
unbareda1665
shelterless1714
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 47 Ȝef ani were vnwriȝen & beast feolle þer in he hit schulde ȝelden [Scribe B adds þe unwreah þe put].
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112, 244.
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