Middle English Dictionary Entry
mọ̄dīen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | mọ̄dīen v. Sg.3 mọ̄digað. |
| Etymology | OE mōdegian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To grow proud.
Associated quotations
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : Superbia..þene mon makeð ec, ȝis [read: ȝif] heo modigað to swiðe, þes deofles ifere.
- a1225(OE) Vsp.A.Hom.Init.Creat.(Vsp A.22)219 : Þa be-gan he to modienne fer þere feirnesse þe heo hafde and cweð an his herto þat he wolde..bien his sceoppende ȝelic.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)1.28 : He wæs haten Lucifer, þt is Leohtberend. Þa begann he to modigenne for þare fægernysse þe he hafde, & cwæð on his heorte þe he wolde & ealde mihte beon his Scyppende gelic, & sitten on norðdæle heofone rices, & habben anweald & rice ongean God Ælmihtigen.
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