Undaunted

ppl. a. [UN-¹ 8.]

  † 1.  Of horses: Not broken in; untamed. Obs.

1422.  Yonge, trans. Secreta Secret., 163. Hit happid, that Traiane his Sonne rode an hors vndauntid.

c. 1560.  A. Scott, Poems (S.T.S.), xxx. 11. Thay rin lyk wyld vndantit hors, But brydillis, to and fro.

  † b.  transf. Unbridled, unrestrained. Obs.

  Chiefly used by Sc. writers of the 16th cent.

1513.  Douglas, Æneid, VI. iv. 82. The felloun Hungir with hir vndantit rage.

1535.  Stewart, Cron. Scot. (Rolls), I. 103. This king he wox rycht vile:… Drokkit and dull throw vndantit delyte.

c. 1550.  Rolland, Crt. Venus, I. 341. Weill I knaw thy vndantid barnage Will haif ane May.

1683.  D. A., Art Converse, 21. Nothing [is] more destructive than an undaunted passion.

  † c.  Sc. Undisciplined; disorderly. Obs.

1533.  Bellenden, Livy, III. v. (S.T.S.), I. 261. Ane cumpanye of ȝoung vndantit men.

1549.  Compl. Scot., xv. 128. Rustical and inciuile, ondantit, ignorant, dullit slauis.

  † 2.  Unsubdued, unconquered. Obs. rare.

1513.  Douglas, Æneid, IV. i. 84. Heir the vndantit folk of Numyda duell.

a. 1547.  Surrey, Æneid, IV. 52. Eke the vndaunted Numides compasse thee.

  3.  Of persons: Not daunted or discouraged; undismayed; intrepid.

1587.  Turberv., Trag. T. (1837), 126. The tone Rossilion calde, a bold undaunted knight.

1594.  Selimus, D ij. They are strong vndanted enemies.

1635–56.  Cowley, Davideis, III. 125. Th’ undaunted Prince, though thus well guarded here, Yet his stout Soul durst for his Parents fear.

1671.  Clarendon, Dial., Tracts (1727), 290. They are undaunted when it may be we look pale.

1697.  Dryden, Virg. Georg., IV. 113. To War they follow their undaunted King.

1708.  J. Philips, Cyder, I. (1728), 31. Where shall we find Men more undaunted,… More prodigal of Life?

1781.  Cowper, Table-t., 366. Undaunted still, though wearied and perplex’d.

1828.  D’Israeli, Chas. I., I. xii. 325. The courtly patriot was disconcerted; the undaunted Duke was facing his accuser.

1891.  Farrar, Darkn. & Dawn, vii. If he had been a Regulus or a Fabricius he could not have been more undaunted.

  transf.  1820.  Wordsw., River Duddon, IV. 9. Starts from a dizzy steep the undaunted Rill.

  b.  Of courage, spirit, etc.

1591.  Sylvester, Du Bartas, I. ii. 806. Th’ vndaunted strength of the Diuine right-hand.

1631.  Gouge, God’s Arrows, III. Ep. Ded. p. iv/1. Joshua, a Generall of an undaunted spirit.

1663.  Bp. Patrick, Parab. Pilgr., xviii. I have known many Pilgrins of great courage and undaunted Resolution.

1727.  Gay, Fables, I. x. 1. The man who with undaunted toils Sails unknown seas.

1759.  Robertson, Hist. Scot., III. Wks. 1813, I. 167. The spirit of Knox, however, still remained undaunted and erect.

1855.  Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xvii. IV. 54. With undaunted courage, with considerable talents…, he was emphatically a bad man.

1868.  Milman, St. Paul’s, 306. Norfolk’s … undaunted mendacity … was unknown to Nowell.