† undeadlinessn.
Immortality.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [noun] > immortality
undeadlinessc1000
undeathlinessOE
undeathshildinessc1175
immortalitya1340
immortalnessc1616
deathlessness1682
immortal1841
undyingnessa1864
athanasy1870
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > immortality of soul
undeadlinessc1000
immortalitya1340
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 484 Ure æhta sind ece on heofenum, þær ðær undeadlicnys ricsað.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1119 He ne losede na lif, onont þet he godd wes, ne undedlichnesse onont his drihtnesse.
c1380 Lay Folks' Catech. (L.) 1115 He wyle cloþe oure sowlys..with þe stole of vndedlynesse and blysse of heuyn.
c1420 Prose Life Alexander 73 ‘Gyffe vs,’ quoþ þay, ‘vndedlynesse, so þat we mow noȝte dye’.
1481 tr. Cicero De Senectute (Caxton) sig. Hv It nedith not also that I speke euir of the undedlynesse of the soules, but I holde..that the soules of men be undedly.
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