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† ˈnaken, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 nacn(en), 4–5 nakn(en); 4 nacken, -in, nakkin, nakin, 4–5 nakyn, naken.
[app. f. naken nake a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To strip (a person) naked; to divest of clothing (or armour); to lay (part of the body) bare. Also refl.
a1240Wohunge in O.E. Hom. I. 283 A nu nacnes mon mi lef. a1300Cursor M. 4173 Þai hent ioseph..And nackend him and kest him dun. a1350S. Anastasia 140 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 27 Þe Emperoure..Gert nakkin þam al foure in fere. 1382Wyclif 1 Chron. x. 9 Whanne thei haden spuylid hym..and nakenyd fro armys. c1440Alph. Tales 84 He nakend þe tane of his legis. c1440Gesta Rom. lxiv. 277 (Harl. MS.), Do of and nakyn þe of all þi Clothing. 1483Cath. Angl. 248/1 To Nakyn, nudare.
b. To strip or deprive one of something.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. xli. (1869) 25 Therfore j haue wrethe in myn herte whan ye..nakenen me of my right.
2. To lay bare; to reveal or disclose.
a1300Cursor M. 27099 Alle þis werld..es nackind forwit cristis ei. 1382Wyclif Ecclus. xix. 8 If ther is to thee gilte, wile thou not nakenen. ― Isa. xxii. 6 And Elam toc an arewe caas,..and the target naknide the wal.
Hence † ˈnakening vbl. n. Obs.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xi. 29 In the ende of a man [there is] ful nakenyng of the werkis of hym. 1483Cath. Angl. 248/2 A Nakynynge, nudacio. |
