undedlynesse
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- undedlichnesse, undeadlichnesse, undeadlynesse, undeadlynes, undeedlines, undeedlynesse, undedlynes, undedelynes, undedlenesse
Etymology
editFrom Old English undēadlīcnes (“immortality”). By surface analysis, undedly + -nesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editundedlynesse (uncountable)
- undeadliness, immortality
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 15:53, page 67v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- / foꝛ it bihoueþ þis coꝛruptible þing to cloþe, vncoꝛrupcioun .· ⁊ þis dedli þing to putte awei vndedlyneſſe
- […] , because it's necessary that the perishable one wears imperishability and the mortal one puts on immortality.
Descendants
edit- → English: undeadliness
References
edit- “undē̆dlīnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 February 2020.