Middle English Dictionary Entry
uncrēāt(e ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | uncrēāt(e ppl. |
| Etymology | From crēāt ppl. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of divine love or light: not engendered by an act of creation, existent of itself, eternal;
(b) error for creat ppl.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)120/31 : By þe worþines of her owne beyng sche taasteþ myn vncreate charite and merueilous goodnes.
- a1500 Rolle Mend.L.(Wor F.172)48 : O mi blissed maker and former…shewe thi visage and thi sight of my gostly eye inward with thyn vncreat light.
- a1500 Rolle Mend.L.(Wor F.172)52 : Whan mannes mynde bigynnith to brenne in lovedesir of his maker, than is he made personable to take the light vncreat that evir hath bien in the godhed vnformed.
b
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)206/35 : A man is sett and putt aboue al create þingis, and not vncreate þingis ben aboue hym.