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eáþ-médu

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
eáþ-médu, f.: -méde, es; n. (Cf. ofer-méde.)
Take instances given under eáþ-méd, -médum in Dict., and add:
humility, lowliness
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  • Hé his blǽd Gode þurh eáðmédu ealne gesealde,

      Gú. 74: Cri. 1443.

  • Eádmédu,

      Gú. 748.

  • Þæt wé mid eáðmédum úrum Drihtne hýron, and mid eádmédum úrum scrifte úre synna andetton,

      Wlfst. 134, 12-16.

  • Hí hí (

    Judith

    ) mid eáðmédum in forléton,
      Jud. 170.

  • Mid eallum eádmédum regollíce libban,

      Ll. Th. ii. 322, 3.

  • Þú eallum eáðmédum þíne béne onsend,

      El. 1088: 1101.

  • Þú ús tó eádmédum gebróhtest

    nos humiliasti,

      Ps. Th. 89, 17.

  • Hé on eáðmédum bád on beorge, wæs him botles neód, Gú. 299. I a.

    submission to a conqueror :-- Hié him þǽr eáþmédo (eád-, v. l. )

    budon,
      Chr. 827; P. 60, 33.
graciouness, gentleness, condescension
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  • Ne gedafenað þé, nú þé Dryhten geaf welan and woruldspéde, þæt þú andsware mid oferhygdum séce; sélre byð ǽghwám þæt hé eáðmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúðlíce,

      An. 321.
  • Gewát him þá sécan eallra cyninga cyning þone clǽnan hám eáðmédum upp, 981.
Etymology
[Heo ȝeornden Arðures aðmeden (cf. we ȝeorneð þine milzce, 21889), Laym. 21866. Heo hine beden þurh his ædmeden þat he nomen heom to þrallen, 10013. O. Sax. óð-, óð-módi: O. H. Ger. ód-, ót-muotí humilitas.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eáþ-médu.” 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/43568.

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