Middle English Dictionary Entry
nǒmin ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | nǒmin ppl. Also nommin, nom(m)e. |
| Etymology | Cp. nimen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. niminge ppl.
1.
Deprived of the power of movement, unable to move; paralyzed.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)13821 : xxviij ȝere in bande I lay nomme baþ fote & hande.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)358 : Nomyn [Win: Nommyn], or take wythe þe palsye: Paraliticus.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)370/111 : There I stode on my stumpe I stakerd that stownde; There chachid I the crumpe, yit held I my grounde halfe nome.