undedlynesse

Middle English

Alternative forms

• undedlichnesse, undeadlichnesse, undeadlynesse, undeadlynes, undeedlines, undeedlynesse, undedlynes, undedelynes, undedlenesse

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.)‎^[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

• → English: undeadliness

References

• “undē̆dlīnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 February 2020.