Middle English Dictionary Entry
al-might adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | al-might adj. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. OE acc. sg. drihten ælmihtne. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. al-mightin.
1.
(a) In the phrase (or compound) god almight (god-almight): God Almighty; (b) as noun: the Almighty.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Þe grace of ihu (Hrl 913)120 : And al þos watris..Sal c[r]i merci up god almiȝt.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)476 : Put al þin hope in god almiht.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)279/20 : Nout is hud from god al miht.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)323 : Þe ermyte þanked god almyght.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)6454 : We sal it aske of godd almiht [so Trin-C; Vsp: vr lauerd dright; Frf: our lorde of miȝt].
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)498 : In sothfol gospel of God almyȝt.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)40/604 : & aske God Amythte of help & o grace.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)2110 : We drede the not, by god almight.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)338 : Franceys..by nyȝte..bede to god al-myȝte.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)3846 : For the loue of god All-myght.
- a1500 Rich.(Dc 228)99/13 : Gret scorne yt ys to Gode almyth.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2781 : God he þonked, þan Almiȝt.