undertaken

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undertaken englanniksi

  1. (past participle of)

  2. To pledge; to assert, assure; to say.

  3. (RQ:Chaucer Canterbury Tales)

  4. To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

  5. (RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr) and they wold haue slayne sire Tristram and his two felawes but sire Darras wold not suffre that but kepte them in pryson (..) So sire Tristram endured there grete payne for sekenesse had vndertake hym and that is the grettest payne a prysoner maye haue

  6. To engage with; to attack, on in a fight.

  7. (quote-book) Book XIX, Chapter x, leaf 394v|text=''Soo it happend in Spayne there was an Erles sone his name was Alphegus / and at a grete turnement in spayn this syre Vrre knyghte of Hongry and sir Alphegus of spayne encountred to gyders for veray enuy / and soo eyther vndertook other to the Vtteraunce.''"So it happened in Spain there was an earl’s son, his name was Alphegus, and at a great tournament in Spain this Sir Urre, knight of Hungary, and Sir Alphegus of Spain encountered together for very envy; and so either undertook other to the utterance."

  8. To have or take charge of.(attention)

  9. (RQ:Chaucer Canterbury Tales) therfore, for Cristes sake,Kepeth wel tho that ye undertake.