undirtake

Middle English

Verb

undirtake

(intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.
- 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
  
  “I have now aspyed one knyght,” he seyde, “that woll play hys play at the justys, I undirtake.”

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