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ˈnethermore, a. (n.) and adv.
Also 4–5 neþer-, neder-, 5–6 nethirmare, 6 nethermair.
[f. nether a. + -more: cf. MSw. nidhirmeer, MDa. nedhermere.]
A. adj. Nether, lower, inferior. Now rare.
1382Wyclif Deut. xxiv. 6 Thow shalt not taak..the nethermore and ouermore grynstoon. 1382― Judg. xx. 36 Whanne thei hadden seen hem self to be the nethermore, thei begunne to flee. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xvi. 72 Liby þe neþermare begynnez at þe Spaynisch see. 1601Holland Pliny II. 257 The nethermore [root], which also is the bigger. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 337 The upper part of the Church, and..the nethermore. 1867Longfellow tr. Dante, Inf. iii. 41 The heavens expelled them; Nor them the nethermore abyss receives.
†B. n. The lower parts. Obs. rare—1.
1382Wyclif Ps. cxxxviii. 15 My substaunce is in the nethermoris [v.r. -more] of the erthe.
†C. adv. Lower or further down. Obs.
c1480Henryson Orph. & Eur. 260 Nethirmare he went, as ye heir sall. 1513Douglas æneis vi. v. Heading, Tyl hellis fluids Enee socht nether mair. 1565Golding Cæsar v. (1567) 116 Thone corner..is toward the East: and thother nethermore is towarde the South. |