To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
to untie a knot
To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
Though you untie the winds, and let them fight / Against the churches.
To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
They quicken sloth, perplexities untie.
From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.
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