undigne

Middle English

Etymology

un- +‎ digne

Adjective

undigne

  1. unworthy
    1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Clerke of Oxenfordes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868, folio 178, verso:
    Wondrẏnge upon this word / quakẏng foꝛ drede
    she seẏde lord / undigne / or unwoꝛthẏ
    I am
    Wondering at this, and quaking in fear, she said "lord, I am unworthy"
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