Middle English Dictionary Entry
superne adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | superne adj. |
| Etymology | OF superne & L supernus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Celestial, divine; heven ~, the heaven or the heavens (as opposed to the earth).
Associated quotations
- c1429 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)1274 : This ladie is verray candelabre and Cristis bright lanterne, The laumpe brynnyng in fire of light souerayne superne.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.547 : October spende, O Sonne, O Light superne, O Trine and Oon, louyng honour, empire Withouten ende vnto Thy myght eterne!
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)255 : Wote ye nat well, that I [Mercy] am sempiterne..I am lady aboue the heuene superne, Though ye [Verity] in erthe be pryncesse and souerayne.