Middle English Dictionary Entry
ūbertẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ūbertẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | From OF (late 15th cent.) uberté & L ūbertas. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Fruitfulness; abundance, plenty.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.104 : A vine abundaunt ek thow take hem fro, And not hem take that ber a grape or to, But hem that kneleth doun for vberte—On bough may better then another be.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)8.88 : Suche ewes…Of pasturyng…must haue vberte.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)9.79 : In…grauel…Certeyn humour is, and in vbertee [L vbertate].
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)613 : In his Epistles he seith…‘Both braunche and bouh wol enclyne and fade, And greyne oppressith to moche vberte.’