† Undight v.

Obs. [UN-² 4, 4 b.]

  1.  trans. To divest (of clothing, armor, etc.); to disarray, strip. Also refl. and with of.

a. 1400.  Sir Beues (E.), 2064. Beues anon þo doun lyȝte, And þe palmere hym vndyȝte.

c. 1400.  Laud Troy Bk., 7030. The stedis … ar vndight and set in stable. Ibid., 10348. Ector … wolde not him vndyght Off his armure & his a-tire.

1611.  Florio, Disornare, to disadorne, to vndight.

  2.  To unfasten, undo; to unclench or open.

1590.  Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 4. From her faire head her fillet she vndight, And laid her stole aside. Ibid., III. v. 31. His mayled haberieon she did vndight.

1633.  P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., X. xxxvi. When she deignes those precious bones undight, Soon heav’nly notes from those divisions flow.