unˈyolden, ppl. a. Obs.
[un-1 8 b.]
1. Not yielded or surrendered; † unpaid.
| a 1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 fol. 29 b, Þe duwe seruices of þulke feos..beth with-drawen ant vn-ȝolde. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1784 By the force of twenty is he take Vnyolden, and ydrawe vnto the stake. 1418–20 Siege of Rouen in Archaeol. XXI. 55 Whyle that Synt Katerynes was unȝolde. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xi. 1720 Þaim thocht mare honeste Vnȝoldin to sla þame in melle. 15.. Christ's Kirk 177 in Maitland Folio MS. 154 For hir saik he wes vnȝoldin Sewin myle quhen he wes chaist. 1575 Gascoigne Weedes, Fruit of Fetters viii, Whyles the hope of mine unyolden harte..did labor for reliefe. |
2. Unrequited; unavenged. rare—1.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 2216 If we, þat are worthy,..Take harme, other hethyng, or hurtys vnȝoldyn, Of any erdyng in erthe. |