Middle English Dictionary Entry
untīmelī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | untīmelī adv. |
| Etymology | From tīmelī adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) At an improper or unsuitable time; (b) prematurely.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)11 : Alle heuie sennen…alse ben oueretes and untimeliche eten alehuse, and at ferme, and at feste, and masthwat at ilche laðeð metisupe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.104.28 : He sente derknessis & made derk, & vntymely he fulfilde not his woordis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)148b/a : It [medicine] haþ not vertue preperatyng vntymely, i. in vntyme [L intempestiue], þe mete to þe lyuer & to vrynyng membrez.
b
- (a1400) *Barton's Urines (Sln 280)f.282v : Fleshli couplyng .. tacun oute of mesure .. douþ muche harme. For hit dymmyþ a mannys siȝt & hosiþ his voice, hyt littilliþ his strenȝþe & dulliþ his wit, hit makiþ hym vnlufsum & vntymeli eldiþ hym, hit makiþ hym vnswote & shortiþ his lif, hit priuyþ hym of alle vertuwes & filliþ hym of alle vices.
- a1475 Asneth (Hnt EL 26.A.13)919 : Deeth, thu mayst agrise To represse so noble, so gentill a creature, In tendir age vntymely agayn the ordir of nature.