Undepartable, adj. inseparable, B 4. p 3. 39.
Under, prep. under, A 195, 393; beneath, T. i. 923; amongst, with, B 3. p 3. 36 (Lat. sub).
Undergrowe, pp. of short stature. A 156.
Underlinges, s. pl. underlings, I 764.
Undermeles, pl. undern-times, perhaps afternoons, D 875. See the note. 'Undermele, Post-meridies'; Prompt. Parv.
Undern, s. B 4412, E 260, 981. A particular time in the morning is here implied, either about 9 a.m., or somewhat later. As 9 a.m. is frequently called prime, perhaps we may take undern to mean about the middle of the forenoon (from 9 a.m. to 12), i.e. about half past 10. But see the note to E 260, where it is pointed out that the time of undern varied. It is allied to under, and means 'intervening period.' The original sense was probably mid-forenoon, i.e. at 9 a.m. (half-way between 6 and 12), or mid-afternoon, i.e. 3 p.m. (half-way between noon and 6 p.m.). Then, as prime shifted from 6 to 9 a.m., undern shifted from 9 to 10 or half-past ten. Not long ago, labourers spoke of their levenses or fourses, or their repasts at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Cf. Gothic undaurnimats, lit. 'undern-meat,' used to translate Gk. ἄριστον, Luke, xiv. 12.
Undernethe, prep. beneath, A 2077.
Undernom, pt. s. perceived, G 243; Undernome, pp. reproved, I 401. A.S. underniman, to perceive, pt. t. undernam; cf. G. unternehmen. From A.S. niman, to take.
Underput, pp. subjected, B 1. p 6. 67.