A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Under-preost], sb. under-priest; unnderr-preost, S.

[ Under-sette], v. to place beneath, support, prop up; undursette, W2.

[ Under-standen], v. to understand, S; onderstanden, S2; understonden, S, S2; undyrstonde, S2; understant, pr. s., S; understont, S; undyrstode, pt. s., S2 understoden, pt. pl., S; undurstoden, stood under, W2; understande, pp., S; understonde, S2; onderstonde, S2.

[ Under-stondingnesse], sb. faculty of understanding, S.

[ Under-take], v. to undertake, agree, SD; undertoc, pt. s., S2; undertok, S.

[ Under-þeod], sb. subject, S; underþeoden, pl., S; underþiede, S.—AS. under-þéod.

[ Under-uon], v. to receive, S; see [Under-fon].

[ Under-ȝeite], v. to learn, discover, S; see [Under-giten].

[ Un-digne], adj. unworthy, C2.—OF. undigne.

[ Un-discreet], adj. undiscerning, C2.—OF. undiscret.