Obs. [UNDER-1 5 b, 7, 8. Cf. MDa. and Da. underkaste, MSw. undir-, Sw. underkasta.]
1. trans. To cast down; to make subject, subdue.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter viii. 7. All thyngis þou vndirkast vndir his fete.
1382. Wyclif, Wisd. xviii. 22. In wrd hym that ouertrauailede hym, he vndircaste.
a. 1395. Hylton, Scala Perf., II. xxxvii. (W. de W., 1494). Thenne forsakyth he vtterly hymself & vndercastyth hym holy to Jhesu.
1483. Cath. Angl., 259/2. To Ondyr cast, subicere, subiectare.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Mysterie of Myst., The Father, 7. Under All things, not under-cast: Over all things, not over-plac’t.
b. To subject to a penalty.
1382. Wyclif, Exod. xxi. 21. If … he [sc. a servant] lyue over a day, or two, he shal not be vndurcast to that peyne.
2. To cast under or below.
c. 1440. Pallad. on Husb., III. 1155. Of vines that forwepe,… the fattest roote away they tere,… And aisel kene is vnderkest in ground.
3. To consider, reflect.
1489. Barbour’s Bruce, V. 552 (Edin. MS.). Till he … Intill hys hart gan undercast [Camb. MS. vmbecast] That the King had in custome ay For to ryss arly ilk day.
