10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNTRESSED»
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untressed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
untressed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A complete concordance to the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Vol. 13
unbound, loose, dishevelled [See tressen 3: untressed[3] A. KN 2289 Hir brighte
heer was kembd, untressed al; E. CL 379 Hir hens han they kembd, that lay
untressed PF 268 Ibounden were, untressed as she lay, untretable adj. [ <MED>
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2
Middle English Dictionary
(l). utrali -» outre!i adv. utranse -+ outraunce n.(2). ut- reaecth, sg.3 of outhrxcen.
utreli -» outreli adv. utressed -» untressed. utrist -» untrust n. utruwe -» untreu(e.
utschute -» outshot. utsede, p. of outseien. utsiht -» outsight. utsong -» ught-song.
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, 1998
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A Lexical Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: E-L
14: kembd[5], kembde[2], kembe[3], kembeth[2], kempt[l], ykembd[l] A. KN 2143
His longe heer was kembd bihynde his bak; A KN 2289 Hir brighte heer was
kembd, untressed al; A. Ml 3374 He kembeth his lokkes brode, and made hym
gay; ...
Hyre gilte heres with a golden thred Ibounden were, untressed as she lay, And
naked from the brest unto the hed 269 Men myghte hire sen; and, sothly for to say
, The remenaunt was wel kevered to my pay, Ryght with a subtyl coverchef of ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Larry Dean Benson, 2008
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The Tales of The Clerk and The Wife of Bath
Hir herys hart they kembd, that laye untressed Ful rudely, and with hir fyngres
smale 380 A coroune on hir heed they han ydressed, And sette hire ful nowches
grete and smale. Of hir array what sholde I make a tale? Unnethe the peple hir ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Marion Wynne-Davies, 2002
6
The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words
1 untressed adj. [untressed ppl. a.]fr. tressen ppl. Chaucer PF 3 untretable adj. [
unbeatable a.] yr. tretable adj. Chaucer Bo 1 untreu adj. [untrue a. & adv.] [OE] [(
a125o) Bestiary (Arun)] LADY 21 untreue adv. [untrue a. & adv.] [fr. untreu adj.] ...
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A Complete Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A ...
not distressed [See tormenten 1: untormented[l] Tr I 1011 Weex of his wo, as who
seith, untormented, untressed ppl. [<MED>; <OED> s.v. untressed ppl. a.] (as adj.
) unbound, loose, dishevelled [See tressen v.] 3: untressed[3] A. KN 2289 Hir ...
8
The Gentleman's Magazine
zflb Mf Charles L to Dawnham'r-flaurd Wafifingtom fj-ailp, above description lately
received sirom Eva, but petunod to the Past-office untressed, I addrese thesev
ubservatims to 'dle publiellt, through- tbe uhannel of your widely-cireulexed ...
9
The History of English Poetry: From the Eleventh to the ...
Brunchild, a queen of France, who murthered all her children, and was
afterwards hewn in pieces, appears thus. She came, arayed nothing like a quene
, Her hair untressed, Bochas toke good hede; In 8.1 his booke he had afore not
sene 1 In ...
10
The Mythographic Chaucer: The Fabulation of Sexual Politics
... hote sonne gan to weste" (266; my emphasis). Similarly, Venus herself is
vulnerable, accessible, without defense, as signified by her bound but
uncontrolled golden hair: "Hyre gilte heres with a golden thred / Ibounden were,
untressed as ...
