Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutmōst adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutmōst adj. Also (early) ytemesta, -meste & (error) utenestan. |
| Etymology | OE ūtmest & ȳtemest. Forms show influence of ǒut(e pref. & -mōst suf., q.v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Outermost, farthest out, farthest; ~ coste(s, farthest reaches; ~ del, extreme tip; (b) latest, last, final.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)10/16 : To wif-þingun, foxes tæȝeles se ytemesta dæl on hermen ahangen.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11433 : Þe verste dich hii nome & brake þe otemoste wal.
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)32/357 : Al þe vt-mast [Hrl: oueryst] wal Was clere & schine as cristal.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.22.39 : Þei..comyn in to þe cite þat was in þe outmost [Corp-O: vttermoost; vr. vtmost; WB(2): laste; L extremis] coost of his kyngdom.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.33.6 : Fro sochot þei comyn in to Etham, þat is in þe otemost coostys off wildernes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)66a/a : The skyn is þe vtmest partie of þe body [L prima pars in superficie corporis] of a beest.
- c1410 Trev.Higd.(Add 24194)1.303 : Otmeste [StJ-C: Þere Hercules sette his pileres..as it were in þe vttermeste ende of all þe erþe; Higd.(2): extremite; L extremo].
- a1450 *Trev.Barth.[OD col.] (BodeMus 16)15.155 : Sueues wiþ ȝolow heere come of þe ottermoste norþe..of Germania.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6116 : Þe outemeste [vr. vttest] wal was layd to grounde.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5487 : That [Beyten] is out in the orient the vtmast syde.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)90/4 : He put þe old man owte of is chambur and in a lytill hows at þe vtmaste ȝate.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)238/15 : Take þe rote of wormot and sethe yt yn water and do a-waye þe vtmeste rynde.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)106/10 : One place of his tenement..conteynyth..in brede to his ende vttemost toward the tenement of the forsaid Vincente Menge, iiij perchis.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1499 : Colour is the vtmoste þing of a bodie clere.
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)98/19 : Nu eft on þis ytemeste tide þe Hælend hine eadmedede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5498 : Þat wes þe utemæste rað-þat heo ȝeue Ælene Custance to are quene.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)5527 : Þat wes þe utenesten [Otho: latemiste] ræd: Þat Custance, þe king, iwærð dæd.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)301/248 : Mary me mynnys thi moder hight, the vtmast ende of all thy kyn.
2.
Total, complete; extreme, utmost; of price: highest; ~ ivels, worst evils; at the ~ pointe, completely; (in) to the ~ ende, to the last detail, in every point.
Associated quotations
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)57.6 : God shal de-foulen her teþe in her mouþe; our Lord shal breke þe uttemast [vr. ottermast] iuels of þe wicked.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)305b/b : Þer beþ tweye ottemeste colours [L extremitates]; þat beþ white and blake.
- (1439) EEWills116/6 : And that my grete templys with the Baleys be sold to the vtmest pryse and delyueryd to the sayde Abbat and the howse of Tewkesbery.
- (1447) RParl.5.138b : The Kynges true sugitz..oftymes..thretened and greved, to ther outmost destruction, yf due remedie hereof be not purveid.
- ?a1450 Lanfranc (Add 12056)10/23 : Fyr & eyre, erþe & water..ffor þe outemast [Ashm: vttirmeste] ende & outemast contraryousite of here qualites weren fer drawen from bodily lyffe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)10b/b : J þinke not to distincte here in to þe vtmeste ende & rote but oonly þat þat longiþ to a sirurgian.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)16a/a : The vtilite wiþ þe nayl is meneli hard & is for þis cause, þat if he were at þe vtmeste poynt hard, he myȝte not longe laste fro brutilte of his hardnes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)101a/b : And so forþ procedynge forþ wiþ her curis particulerly ech by him silf sufficiently to þe vtmeste ende.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)91/12 : Gracyously he woll þat a man be demed wyth mercy and not to þe vtmast here.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.31.14 : Alle men ben bitaken in to deeth, to the vtmoost loond in the mydil of sones of men, to hem that goon doun in to the lake.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Ezek.32.18 : Draȝ doun…doȝtris of stronge folkis to þe vtmost lond.
- a1425 WBible(1) (CC 145)Ezek.32.24 : Alle þese slayn…wenten doun vncircumcidid to þe vtmost lond.
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- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Mac.9.43 : Bachides…cam in the dai of sabatis til to the vtmeste part of Jordan.
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