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un-medume

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-medume, (-ome, -eme); adj.
Unmeet, unfit, unworthy
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  • Se ðe him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome (-eme, Cott. MSS.) sié

    hoc indignus pertimescat,

    • Past. 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 73, 21.

  • Him ðúhte selfum ðæt hé wǽre swíðe unmedeme

    parvulum se in suis oculis viderat,

    • 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 112, 11.

  • Ic swíðe unmeodum néðde tó Dryhtnes líchoman,

    • Anglia xi. 99, 70.

  • Hwylc ðæt unmedeme gód wæs

    quae sit imperfecti boni forma,

    • Bt. 34, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 134, 5.

  • Drihten, ðú ðe eall medemu geworhtest and náht unmedemes,

    • Shrn. 165, 31.

  • Hát mé unmedemre ða duru beón untýnede,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 447.

  • Ongitan hú micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ ðam unmedeman,

    • Bt. 27, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 96, 10.

  • Ða ðe unmedome bióð tó ðære láre for unwisdóme

    quos a praedicatione imperfectio prohibet,

    • Past. 49
      • ;
    • Swt. 375, 18.

  • Gestíran ðære wilnunge ðǽm unmedemum, ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan on ðæt ríce

    ne imperfecti culmen arripere regiminis audeant,

    • 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 41, 5.

  • Ða ðe hé unmedume gemétte ðes Godes geleáfan,

    • Anglia x. 141, 18.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. un-metamí intemperies.
]
Linked entries
v.  medume.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-medume.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33539.

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