† unˈknowe
(also 5–6 -know, 6 Sc. -knaw),
obs. variants of unknown ppl. a.
For the phrase unknowe, unkissed, see unkissed ppl. a.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 382 We holden hit a vertu..Among þe men of our march mercy vnknowe. c 1350 Lybeaus Disc. 71 Than may ye wete a rowe, ‘The fayre unknowe’, Sertes so hatte he. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 87 Þan were þe Parthi as it were..vnknowe amonge men of the est londes. 1430–40 Lydg. Bochas viii. xiv. (1558) 9 b, A knight vnknowe angelyke of vysage. c 1440 Gesta Rom. i. 2 (Harl. MS.), Þat she euer pursuyd for my deth, þat is vnknowe to me. 1513 Douglas æneid vi. ii. 52 Virgyne, na kynd of pane may rise Vnknaw to me. |
So † unˈknowed ppl. a. Obs.
| c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 3847 If þar comeþ any ounknowed man. c 1380 [see unkept ppl. a. 2]. |