ppl. a. [UN-1 8 b. Cf. ON. ú-etinn, MDu. ongeëten (Du. -gegeten), MLG. ungegeten, MHG. ungeëzzen, -gëzzen (G. ungegessen).] Not eaten; left undevoured.
c. 1290. St. Brendan, 301, in S. Eng. Leg., I. 227. Al ore couent nis nouȝt here, ake muche it hath vn-ete [v.r. for moche del is un-y-ete].
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, vii. (James Min.), 682. For nothire wes lewit in þat towne hwnde, na catte,… vnhetyne, be þis wes done.
c. 1450. Bk. Hawking, in Rel. Ant., I. 307. Or thees fleschys loke that she have good plente ech day, so that sche leve sum what uneton.
1611. Beaum. & Fl., King & No King, III. Therefore I will out-swear him and all his followers, that this is all that’s left uneaten of my sword.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Siege Jerus., Wks. 15/1. From out their throats they tear the meat in haste, Halfe eaten, halfe vneaten.
1791. Cowper, Odyss., VIII. 582. A huge brawn, of which uneaten still Large part and delicate remain’d.
1868. Rep. U.S. Comissioner Agric. (1869), 297. The remains of the uneaten leaves must be carefully taken away.
