undedlynesse

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English undēadlīcnes (immortality). By surface analysis, undedly + -nesse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈdɛːdliːnɛs/, /unˈdɛdliːnɛs/

Noun

undedlynesse (uncountable)

  1. undeadliness, immortality
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), 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

  • English: undeadliness

References

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