Middle English Dictionary Entry
incarnāt(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | incarnāt(e adj. |
| Etymology | L incarnātus, ppl. of incarnāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of God or Christ: embodied in human form or flesh, incarnate; treuth ~, an epithet for Christ; (b) devel ~, a wicked or sinful man.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)6/6 : Trouþe incarnat, þat is, Crist in manhood, chase pore symple & ydiotis to his prechyng.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1789 : What wonder wast þouȝ in his [?read: þe] passioun Of Criste Iesu, incarnat for oure sake.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)209 : Al þe chauncis..whiche fellen to þi peple from þe daies of adam into þi comyng to be incarnate..be trewe.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)3334 : Lord..þou descendyst fro þi trone, & lyth in a maydyns wombe I-wys, Incarnat was in blod & bone.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)28 : Oþir naciones conquered hem longe be fore crist was incarnate.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.259 : From the begynnenge of the worlde..un to Criste incarnate be v ml and cc yere.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)1.274 (v.1:p.10) : The truthe of God, incarnat and made man, in his prechyng .. chees pore men, symple men and ydiottis.
- c1475 As I me lenyd vnto (Trin-C R.3.21)32 : The king of heuyn blysse..became man incarnate.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)451/60 : A myghty Gyant off dowbyll substance..tyl Erth hys cowrs hath..tak..In owr nature be comene incarnate.
b
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)53 : Crist..chees Judas that was apostle, and Satanas, and a sone of perdicioun, and a deuil incarnat, othir in flesh..moche more the..vicious cumpani of cardinalis..mai chese oo Judas..and a deuil incarnat.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)66 : Hou blyndli is the puple disceyuid..that it bileueth to haue more meryt in geuynge almes, where a synful man, and in hap Lucifer and antechrist and a deuil incarnat, assignide.
2.
Med. Of an injured part of the body, a wound: covered or provided with new tissue, healed.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)53a/a : Neruez & veynez..ar incarnate when þe kuttyng is litil.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)62a/a : Be þer regendred flesh in mynushyng And leuyng þe tente, And be it incarnate & consolded.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)64a/a : Escarez..stonde as a coueracle vnto þe veyne be incarnate.