▪ I. † uniˈmete, n. Obs.
[OE. unᵹemet: see un-1 12 and imet.]
Immoderation, excess.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xl. §3 He ne mæᵹ nauþres unᵹemet adrioᵹan. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 106 Þonne ᵹeweaxeð on innan unᵹemet wætan. a 1225 Ancr. R. 74 Urom soð hit slit te uals; vt of god into vuel, & from mesure into unimete. |
▪ II. † uniˈmete, adv. Obs.
[OE. unᵹemete, dat. of unᵹemet: see prec.]
Immoderately, excessively.
| Beowulf 2420 Him wæs ᵹeomor sefa,..wyrd unᵹemete neah. Ibid. 2721 Þeᵹn unᵹemete till. c 1000 Ags. Ps. (Thorpe) cxv. 2 Ic sylfa cwæð..þæt wæron ealle menn unᵹemete lease. c 1205 Lay. 7393 Sixti scipen heo makeden vnimete [c 1275 onimete] muchele. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 738 Stoden on an half Þeos meistres so monie, & unimete modi. 1300–1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) App. A. 15 Þe wynd..schouueþ & þrast Þat al þe erþe quakiȝeþ & schakeþ onymete. |
▪ III. † uniˈmete, a. Obs.
[OE. unᵹemǽte: see un-1 7 and imete a.]
Immeasurable, vast; immoderate, excessive.
| a 1122 O.E. Chron. an. 1115 (Laud MS.), Ðises ᵹeares wæs swa strang winter..& wearð þurh þæt unᵹemæte orf cwealm. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 101 Unimete festen and to michel forhefednesse..macað þene mon un-halne. c 1205 Lay. 4964 Þe ferde wes swa muchel Þat heo wes vnimete [c 1275 onimete]. a 1225 Ancr. R. 40 Þo þi swete blisfule sune underueng ðe in his vnimete blisse. c 1275 Sinners Beware 50 in O.E. Misc. 73 Chele and hete, And hunger vnymete. |
Hence † uniˈmetely adv., immeasurably. Obs.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 398 Ne schal neuer heorte þenchen swuch seluhðe, þet ich nulle ȝiuen more uor þine luue, vnimeteliche and vnendliche more. a 1240 Wohunge in O.E. Hom. I. 281 Swa unimeteliche þu swanc and swa sare þat reade blod þu swattes. |