Middle English Dictionary Entry
omnipotent(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | omnipotent(e adj. Also omnipotende & (error) omnipoten. |
| Etymology | OF omnipotent(e & L omnipotens, -tentem. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Omnipotent, almighty: (a) of God, the Trinity; god (lord, alpha and o) ~; (b) of a person of the Trinity; (c) of a divine attribute; christes love ~; goddes face ~; etc.; (d) of a non-Christian god.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 KTars (Auch)35/78 : Sche nold nouȝt leten hir preiers To god omnipotent [vr. lord omnipotent].
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)47/1164 : I biseke god omnipotent..Þat on þe falle swich a cas As dede on maister Ypocras.
- c1390(?a1325) Adam & E.(2) (Vrn)223/33 : Haue merci of me, god omnipotent.
- c1390 Deus caritas (Vrn)2 : Deore god omnipotent, lord, þou madest boþe foul & best.
- c1390 KTars (Vrn)61/1118 : Whon þei weore out of world iwent, Bi fore god omnipotent Hem was diht a place.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.576 : Alle the souereyn actes..Of victories in the olde testament, Thurgh verray god that is omnipotent, Were doon in abstinence and in prayere.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.423 : As help me verray god omnipotent..I ne owe hem nat a word.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)122/325 : Torne ȝou to God omnipotent Þat we mow reyng with Him in heuen perpetualy.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2128 : To loue & serue oonly purposyd sche Off heuene and erth the lord omnypotent.
- a1450 Bevis (Cai 175/96)212/165 : Good coumfort to hym he drowȝ And þankyd god omnypotent.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1414 : Mercy, God omnipotent!
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)475/64 : O God omnipotent, þe giffer of all grace, Benedicite dominus!
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.303 : Makest þou any oþer argument Of þing to fallen of necessite, Bot only for þat god omnipotent So knoweth it þat it schall here-after be?
- c1450 Euery man schulde (Lamb 853)6 : Fals goddis þou schalt noon haue, But worschipe god omnipotent.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1082 : Oure lorde God omnipotent Delyuerid that faire innocent.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1289 : Fawnus..swore..be God omnipotent, That Beryn of his wordis shuld sore repent.
- c1475 MEccles.(Trin-C R.3.21)p.688 : Emperour of all emperours omnipotent, Preserue þys empyre in all prosperite.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1113 : By þat ylke lord, god omnipotent, Be Roulond and Olyuer ouercome, cristendom ys y-schent!
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1467 : Vertu..toke the crowne of glory that ys ay Preparate by Alpha & Oo omnipoten [read: omnipotent].
b
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.398 : On Iesu omnipotent, Þat alle his honour hadde him lent, He þouȝt.
- c1390(a1325) Ipotis (Vrn)345 : He steiȝ to heuene..Þer he is studefast god & mon; Þat ilke god omnipotent Wol come to þe day of Jugement And demen men after heore dede.
- a1450 Ch.Feasts (Roy 18.A.10)43 : Almyȝty god omnipotent, Hys blessyd body haþ sent To fede hys freendys here.
- a1450 Now god almythty (Trin-C O.3.58)p.16 : Now Goddes Sone omnypotent, In Mary mylde he hath hent Flesch and blood.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)6675 : O fader of heven omnypotent..lete me not perysch in thys destres.
- a1450 The holy gost (Trin-C O.3.58)2 : The holy gost is to þe sent ffro þe fadyr omnypotent.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)153/66 : On byttyr tre he xal be bent, Man and god omnypotent.
- c1475 Why Nun (Vsp D.9)88 : Souereyne lord omnipotent, Now be my comfort, swete Ihesu.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1859 : Crist omnipotent was born of mylde Mary fre.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)493/59 : That I am Criste omnypotente, leve ye not thus ichon?
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)503/330 : Hyther were we sent by Jhesu Crist omnipotente.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)140/737 : The fader of heuen, god omnypotent, That sett all on seuen, his son has he sent.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)453/81 : Too owr lord god, fadyr omnipotent, Be yeuone lawd with joy ond all honowr.
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)458/9 : Thys prince omnipotent, Wyche þis dey is borne of virgine marye, Syng we and preyse hym thankyng devowtly.
c
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)512/615 : To dye, forsothe, ys myn entent for Christes love omnipotende.
- a1500 Glorieux crosse (SAsht)164 st.14 : Pray to that Lord wych is eternal To pardon me..And keyp my sal..in is blys, wyche is omnipotent, He grant me grace.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)9212 : Crist..to his fader aȝein is went Þorgh his might omnipotent.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)86 : Whan Sathan..was departed from goddes face omnipotente, To this rightfull man Job he cam full right.
d
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)1415 : Prayth to Venus and Mars omnipotent.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.29 : Machomete..tauȝhte his peple to honore Venus, godesse of lechery..commaundynge oon God omnipotente [Trev.: Almyȝti God; L Deum omnipotentem] to be worschippede.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)91 : By Mahoun..god omnipotent, lord, ȝour covnsell schall be don.