See Also: dowd(1)(dictionary)
dowd(2)(dictionary)

unbethink (iou) and dowd(2) (iou)


unbethink (iou)



unbethink verb trans. . ME.
[from reduced form of Old English ymb(e)-around, about, Old Norse umb- (cogn. with German um-) + BETHINK.]
With obj. clause Think about, consider; remember how, that, etc. ME-E16.
Bethink (oneself); call to mind. (Foll. by obj. clause or of, on.) LME.
E. Gaskell If I could only onbethink me what they would like.

dowd(2) (iou)



dowd noun2. obsolete exc. dial. M18.
[Origin unkn.: cf. DOWDY noun2.]
A woman's cap or night-cap.