aboven þe mone

Middle English

Alternative forms

• See alternative forms at aboven, þe and mone.

Prepositional phrase

aboven þe mone

1. In the sky; in the heavens.
2. (figurative) Outside what is reasonable; too highly.
   • 1400, Wyclif, Of Feigned Contemplative Life:

     Þus trewe seruyce of god is lettid & þis veyn knackynge, for oure iolite & pride, is preised abouen þe mone.

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See also

• under þe mone

References

• “mon(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.