† nathemo(re, adv. Obs.
Forms: α. 2 naþema, naðemo, 3 na þe ma, 4 naþemo. β. 2 naðemore, 6 nathemore.
[f. as prec. + mo or more.]
Never the more.
| α c 1127 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1127 Hit ofþuhte naþema ealle Frencisc & Englisc. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 83 Þis wiðerfulle mannisshe..seð mine wunderliche deden and naðemo me ne leueð. c 1205 Lay. 4627 Nu we nuten na þe ma þat we ne speken wit ure ifæn. 1297 R. Glouc. Chron. (Rolls) 5154 Ac souþsex ne laste noȝt longe, ne est sex naþemo. 1340 Ayenb. 41 Of þise zennes ne byeþ naȝt kuytte..þo naþemo þet benimeþ oþer of hyaldeþ mid wrong. a 1400 Song of Joy (MS. Laud 622) 41 Ne aungel nys naþemo bot his messagere. |
| β c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 79 Þe man..[that] ne wile seche after wreche & naðemore haten him þe him agilteð. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. viii. 13 But nathemore would that corageous swayne To her yeeld passage. 1596 ― Hymn Beauty 158 Yet nathemore is that faire beauties blame. |