Question: What is the meaning of unhousel'd, disappointed, unaneled?
Answer: The meaning of "unhouseled" is not having received
the eucharist. It is from the Anglo-Saxon noun husel, verb
unhuslian. Disappointed means unprepared. Unaneled signifies not having received extreme unction.
Mertins, Emma. Shakespeare Examinations. Ed. William Taylor Thom, M. A. Boston: Ginn and Co., 1888. Shakespeare Online. 10 Aug. 2010. (date when you accessed the information) < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/hamlet/examq/two.html >.
