† ˈedmod, a. Obs.
Also eadmod, edmeod, æddmod, admod, aðmod.
[OE. éadmód, phonetic variant of éaþmód, f. éaþe, eath + mód mood; the exact equivalent (type *auþu-môdo-) does not occur in continental Teutonic, but the derivatives in -môdjo- (= edmede a.) and in -môdîn- (= edmede n.) are found with forms parallel to the OE. éaþ-, éad-; see edmede n. and a.]
Gentle, humble, meek.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xi. 29 Ic eom bilwite and eadmod on heortan. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 5 Þes we ahte to beon þe edmoddre. Ibid. 113 Drihten..ȝeueð þan edmeodan streinþe. c 1200 Ormin 10837 æddmod allse cullfre. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 89 Ich am milde and admod on herte. c 1205 Lay. 25571 Þurh þine aðmode [c 1275 edmode] will..let þu mi sweuen to selþen iturnen. a 1225 Ancr. R. 276 Ȝif þu wilt beon edmod, þenc euer hwat þe wonteð of holinesse. c 1275 Lay. 23255 Woweyn was edmod. |
Hence ˈedmodi a. [cf. OHG. ôtmuatig; see -y] = edmod. edmodien v. trans., to humble. edmoded ppl. a., meek. ˈedmodleȝc [see -lock], humility, gentleness. ˈedmodliche adv. [see -ly2], humbly, meekly. ˈedmodness [see -ness], gentleness, humility, meekness.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xii, Crist eardað on þære dene eadmodnesse. a 1175 Cott. Hom. 221 Mid ælra ædmodnisse..Ȝearnian mid admodnisse. Ibid. 237 His admoded deað ofer com . and fordede ure soriȝe and ȝelice deað. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 17 Crist..eadmode hine seolfne þet he wes iboren of ure lefdi. Ibid. 89 Cristes apostles weren wuniende edmodliche on heore ibeoden on ane upflore. c 1200 Ormin 17649 Forr to berrȝhen æddmodliȝ þe werelld þurrh hiss are. Ibid. 19297 Full off baþe, off millce, off are, off æddmodleȝȝc. a 1225 Ancr. R. 94 Þe anui þet heo her uor his luue edmodliche þolieð. Ibid. 130 Heo holdeð..þet heaued lowe þuruh milde edmodnesse. Ibid. 246 Þe edmodies monnes bonen þurleð þe weolcne. Ibid. 278 Makieð edmod [T. C. eadmodieð] our heorte. |