Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutremōst(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutremōst(e n. Pl. ut(t)ermostes. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The farthest point, end, extremity; pl. extremities, farthest reaches; (b) the surface; ~ of the erthe, the face of the earth; (c) the greatest extent, the highest degree; the highest price; the utmost; the lowest person [quot.: (a1382)]; the ~ of..stomak, the extent of (one's) feelings; don the ~ to, to kill (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 22.14 : Aboute þe vttermostis [WB(2): herris; L cardines] of heuene he goþ.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 36.30 : Also þe vttermost [Dc 369(1): vtmost] of þe se he shal coueren.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)69/35 : The grete fote or þe grete legge lasteþ fro þe ioynte of þe whirlebone vnto þe vttermeste [*Ch.(1): extremiteez; L extrema] of þe toes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)305/2 : Away wyll I nat tyll I se the uttermuste of this journay.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Kings 9.7 : I schal don awei israel fro þe vttirmost [Corp-O: vttermoost; WB(2): face; L superficie] of þe erþe þat I haue ȝifen to hem.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 38.30 : In þe licnesse of a ston watris ben hardid, & þe vttermost [WB(2): ouer part] of þe se is streyned to-gidere.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)139/24 : Some [apostemes] ben in þe depenesse of þe eere and some in þe vttremeste [*Ch.(1): superficitee].
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)4 Kings 14.26 : Þe lord sawȝ þe tormentynge of israel to myche bitter, & þat þei weren wastid vn to þe closede of þe prisoun & vtermostys [Dc 370: vttirmostis; WB(2): laste men; L extremos].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)161b/b : To mollifie þe materie..to þe hiest or vttermoste bifore þat þe wombe be loused is a competent rewle.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)83/26 : Þam owe to be putte to in þe lest quantite, for þe vertu of þam aboute fire is þe vttermoste of strenght.
- (1468-9) Doc.Brewer in Nrf.Archaeol.5324 : Berme..hath frely be goven or delyvered for brede..or other honest rewarde to ye value only of a ferthyng at ye uttermost.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)140/11 : Unto that was sir Damas sworne unto Arthur and also he to do the batayle to the uttermoste.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)174/27 : Sir deuke, cese thy sonnys, and ellys I woll do the uttirmust to you all.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1198/34 : They and I faught to the uttermest.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)134b : To þe Vttirmest: vltimatim.
- (1489) RParl.6.424b : Robert..shall doo to your said Highnes true and faithfull service to the uttermost.
- (a1500) Stonor2.34 : I beseche you to be my goode maister, and you schalle understonde the uttermoste of my stomake.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)83a/b : It is nede for to shaue & for materize in comyng to þe vttermost or last of þe corrupsioun of it þat þe barke or rynde falle by hem selfe or wiþ helpez of medicenez.
Note: ?sense
- a1425(c1400) 5 Wits (Hrl 2398)2/16 : And for cause þat al þe bewte of bodyly þyng ys demed by þe eyesyȝt, after byholdyng of þe vttermoste and nouȝt of wiþinne, þerfore þat þe eyȝe seyþ, þe herte coueteþ.
Note: New sense
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)116a/b : Gignastices, i. Wristelers, þat ar at height of euexie [L euexe], i. gode habite..if þai be in þe vttermoste ar deceyuable.
Note: ?New sense.
Note: This quot. has been taken back to books.--per MLL