Middle English Dictionary Entry
undē̆dlīnes(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | undē̆dlīnes(se n. Also undedelines, undedlenesse, undeadlines(se, (error) undelynes. |
| Etymology | OE undēadlīcness |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. undethlicnesse.
1.
Immortality, eternal life; also in fig. context.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)59/519 : Þah he…deide…he ne losede…undedlichnesse [Tit: undeadlichnesse] onont his drihtnesse, ah wes eauer ant is drihtin undedlich.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Wisd.3.4 : If befor men þei suffreden tormentys, þe hope of þem is ful of vndeadlynesse [L immortalitate].
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Tim.6.16 : Kyng of kynges & Lord of lordes…onlyche haþ vndedlynesse [Paul.Epist.: vndeadlynes].
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)26/16 : Þis dowery is clepid immortalite, or vndeedlines.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)177/6 : He tasteþ þanne þe eendelees good of inmortalyte and vndeedlynesse.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)73/33 : Gyffe vs…vndedlynesse, so þat we mow noȝte dye.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3545 : Agayn driȝtin of vndelynes [read: vndedlynes] quat may þi dede vaile?
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)120/10 : Euery cytesyn in the cuntre of heuen schal haue…In body…fayrnes, swyftnes, strength, fredame, likynge, helth, vndedelynes.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)7/9 : He…shal…glorifye þe bodye…with þe stoole of vndedlynes, neuer after forto dygh.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)67/15 : He…was made able to suffer, and in the dedelynesse þat he toke hath deserued to man vndedlenesse.
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)335/12 : The same day and houre that holy Jerom did of the cote of ffilthe…and was cladde with the clothing of joye and vndedlynesse…y toke penne and ynke to write a pistell.