Middle English Dictionary Entry
tọ̄̆thundennisse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tọ̄̆thundennisse n. Also toðundenisse, -þundnisse, -ðundunnisse, -þunȝen(n)isse. |
| Etymology | OE tōþundenness |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A swelling, tumor; also, fig. arrogance.
Associated quotations
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)69/32 : Þas word synd gecweðene beo þan wiðercorene þe nu Godes bebodan oferhogieð, & heora godcunda larðeawes mid toðundenysse oferseoð.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)74/4 : Hwæt synd þa gastlice þearfe bute þa eadmeda, þe Godes ege habbeð, & nane toðundennysse nabbeð?
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)65/12 : Cnuca þeos wyrt & mid butera ȝeliðeȝe, leȝe þanne þarto, heo todrifð wunderlice þa toþundnysse & þæt sær.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)135/1 : Wið toðundunnysse, nim ruta, sile hy dælmæle swa grene to etan oþþer on drincan þicȝean.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)141/5 : Wið þas mæȝe sare toþunȝennysse & þara innoþa, cnuc[a] þeos wirt.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)199/14 : Wið þara innoþes toþunȝenisse & hætan, cnuca þeos wirt.