Middle English Dictionary Entry
inobēdient adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | inobēdient adj. & n. Also ennobedient. Pl. inobediens, inobedientes. |
| Etymology | OF inobedïent |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
As adj.: (a) of persons: disobedient; ~ to (unto), disobedient to (sb.); ~ agein (to), disobedient to (a command, etc.); (b) of a substance, a disease: not responsive (to some stimulus or cure).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Adam & E.(1) (Auch & Ednb-U 218)10 : Bot þou do godes comandment, Þou art inobedient.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)89/215 : Loke þou neuer þe pruddore be, Ne þe more In-Obedient To him þat haþ þe al þat sent.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.392 : Inobedient is he that desobeieth for despit to the comandementz of god.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)13.282 : He bosteth and braggeth with many bolde othes, And in-obedient to ben vndernome of any lyf lyuynge.
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)159/25 : Holy cherche..euer..was wont to chastice Pry[n]ces þat to God & holy cherche were in-obedient.
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)p.175 : The soule..makith swich inobedient flessh to the spirit, to been enprisoned in the prison of penance.
- c1425 Contempl.DLGod (Mdst Mus.6)13 (F.7) : Þe ferste man Adam whas inobedient to Godis heste.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)722 : He schuld not be inobedient On-to þe Pope.
- c1450(?c1400) 3 KCol.(1) (Cmb Ee.4.32)150/18 : He was inobedient to oure commandement.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)979 : Hast þow ben inobedyent A-gayn goddes cummawndement?
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)384/18 : Sho was inobediente vnto hym in les þing þan evur was Eve vnto Adam.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)19 : But wan ani after þe þridde correpcoun dwelliþ inobedient, he owiþ not only to be denouncid a cursid, þat of sume is callid þe lesse curse.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)132 : Put in obedyens of oure sayde fadyr alle maner of citteys..cuntreys, and personys whythe yn the realme of Fraunce ennobedient and rebellys to oure sayde fadyr, holdyng with the party that ben callyd Dolfyn or Armanak.
- a1500 GRom.(Add 9066)152 : He was obedient to me, and to his god inobedient.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)120a/b : The þridde byschinynge is I-clepide lumen directum þat is nouȝt I-put of a noþir, noþir findiþ matiere inobedient.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)210a/b : In ȝouþe is more moisture þer Inne þan kynde hete may defye, and so it is inobedient to hete.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)118b/a : And if þe vlcerez be inobedient, be þai cured with cure of maligne, i. wicked, vlcerez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)159a/b : If his wombe was obedient..when he was wont for to take medicyne, hym nedeþ more liȝt or lesse farmaciez; If forsoþ it were hard & inobedient, more stronge.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)45/14 : I perceyued þat it [the fistula] was of hard substance and inobedient to þe poudre.
2.
As noun: one who refuses to obey.
Associated quotations
- (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.918 : Lands Geten..and Overcome in the Name of our sayd Fadir, upon Rebelles and Inobedientes to hym.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3384 : Þai were glad to vndirstande Þat god sa loued his seruande Þat he walde, be his elements, Sa ponysche his inobedients.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)133 : Alle maner of conquestys..up on the same in obedyens [a1500 Jul: inobedyentes]..shalle be done to the profytys of oure sayde fadyr.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.80ra (2.13) : Þat it passeþ þe 4 day, it seiþ þat þe mater of þe sekenes is compact and inobedient to þe wirkyng of kynde.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.80va (2.13) : A rede colre..[is] werst of al humores for to defie..for it is moste dry, & dry is most vnable to digestioun..and þerfor when it is indurat, i. harded & clabbed, i. is more inobedient.
Note: Additional quots., sense 1.(b).