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† nethemest, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 nyðe-, niðe-, nioð-, 1–2, 4 neoþe-, 2–4 neþe-, 3 nythe-, 4 nyþe-; 1 -mæsta, -mesta, -mysta, 2–4 -mest(e, 4 -mast(e.
[OE. niþemest, etc., f. the stem niþ- under: see nether and -most.]
Lowest, undermost, furthest down.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. vii. §3 Þa niðemystan ic ᵹebringe æt þæm hehstan, & þa hehstan æt ðæm niðemæstan. 971Blickl. Hom. 185 Swa swiþe he biþ bedyped on þa neoþemestan helle witu. c1175Lamb. Hom. 117 He bið eft i⁓niþered on þan neoþemeste pinan. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 219 Þe uuemeste bou is sib þe neþemeste rote. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 287/332 Ase he sat on þis laddre lowe, on þe neþemeste roungue. 13..Ipotis 390 (Vernon MS.) in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 345 In to þe neoþemaste put of helle. c1380Sir Ferumb. 3257 Þe heȝeste hiȝt mangurel, þe middel hiȝt launcepre, þe nyþemest was callid hagefray. a1425Cursor M. 9926 (Trin.), Hit..ȝyueþ to þe neþemast [v.r. -mest] liȝt. |