Middle English Dictionary Entry
immūne adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | immūne adj. Also immuin. |
| Etymology | L immūnis |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Free; ~ fro, exempt from (payment of tithes); (b) ~ of, free of (sin, deceit).
Associated quotations
a
- c1460 Oseney Reg.150/16 : Þabbot and Couent..fro þe Axyng..we wille þem to Be assoyled..Decreyng thabbot and Couent..to Be immune or partles fro þe ȝeuyng of þe foresaide smale tithis.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.237 : O Sone o[f] God allone, o Sapience..of synys drope or fraude immuyn [rime: Iuyn].