Middle English Dictionary Entry
immōbīl adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | immōbīl adj. & n. Also immẹ̄bel & (n.pl.) immobles. |
| Etymology | OF immobile; the form immẹ̄bel has vowel affected by either immẹ̄vāble or OF mueble. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Steadfast, unmovable, unshakable; (b) of property: not portable (e.g. houses, land, etc.); (c) as noun: non-portable property.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Col.1.23 : He [Christ] haþ reconsyled ȝow in þe body of his flesch þoroȝ deþ, to ȝelde ȝow holy..ȝif þat ȝee dwelleþ stylle, y-founded in þe feiþ, stabel and im-mebel.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Heb.12.27,28 : Þey þat beþ im-mebel þinges dwellen stylle, & þerfore we þat vnderfongeþ a kyngdom þat is im-mebel hafeþ a grace.
b
- c1440(a1349) Rolle 10 Com.(Thrn)12/20 : Thow sall noghte couayte þe hous or oþer thynge mobill or in-mobill of þi neghtbour.
c
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.41 : Thire two last preceptes semes to discorde in nothing Bot that thai of inmobles and mobles makes dessennyng.