Middle English Dictionary Entry
netheren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | netheren v. Also netherien, nithren, (?error) neoðerien. Forms: p. nyðerade, (?) neoðerede; ppl. neothered, inethered, nithred, inithered. |
| Etymology | OE niþ(e)rian & geneþerian & ME nether(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To cast (sb.) down; flatten (a hill); (b) to humble (sb., oneself); (c) to oppress (sb. or sth.); (d) to disgrace (sb.); debase (oneself); (e) to impair (health); subvert (laws).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9604 : Illc an lawe & illc an hill Shall niþþredd beon & laȝhedd.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)117 : Þe king..ȝif he rihtwisnesse ne halt..bið eft iniþered on þan neoþemeste pinan.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/3 : He hafð ineðered niðer in to helle grunde alle ðe modi.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3730 : Godd wass wurrþenn mann..Niþþredd & wannsedd wunnderrliȝ.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9609 : Nu sket shall Godess Sune..niþþrenn alle þa Þatt modiȝnesse follȝhenn.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)5/13 : Godd seið him self ðat hie sculen bien ineðerede.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)49/21 : Gif ðu ðe seluen..ne wilt naht neþerin..tu of ðese lihte litel oðer naht ne ȝesikst.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)55/30 : Bute hie hem seluen neðerien..scal goddalmihtin hes forliesen.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/30 : Hie neðerið hem for eadmodnesse te habben.
c
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1100 : Godes cyrcean he nyðerade.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)8032 : Þe laþe gast Aȝȝ niþþreþþ Godess genge & cwelleþþ hemm & wannseþþ hemm.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13681 : Alle þa þatt draȝhenn hemm Aȝȝ upp & niþþrenn oþre..follȝhenn rihht te laþe gast.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5152 : Heo commen in to þen lond mid neoðerien [?read: and neoðereden] þa leoden.
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11845 : Uss ne birrþ..spekenn ohht Off ifell..To werrsenn & to niþþrenn uss.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25235 : Iniðered [Otho: Aneþered] wurðe þe ilke mon þe þer to nule helpen.
e
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10218 : Heo [laws] weoren..ladliche iniþered þurh niðfulne craft.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)29992 : Þa weoren Æluriches wunden..alle iheled, ah þe helðe was neoðered for lurre of his monnen.