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unˈdeadly, a.
[un-1 7. OE. had both undéadlic and undéaþlic (see un-1 3), corresponding to OHG. untôdlîh (MHG. untôtlîch, G. untödtlich), ON. údauðligr (Sw. odödlig, Da. udødelig).]
†1. Not subject to death; immortal. Obs.
c950Rit. Eccl. Dunelm. (Surtees) 169 Haliᵹ God,..strong, haliᵹ, & vndeadlic. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 150 He..wunað..undeadlic, se þe ær his ðrowunge wæs deadlic. c1000― Saints' Lives iv. 385 Þær bið æfre ece fyr and undeadlic wyrm. a1200St. Marher. 10 Keiser of kinges, drihtin undedlich. a1225Leg. Kath. 390 Hwen þu forcweðest, for þi Crist, ure undedliche godes. c1230Hali Meid. 39 Eadi is te were.. hwas streon is undeadlich. a1340Hampole Psalter xxiii. 4 He..feland his saule vndedly, enterly gaf him til godis luf. 1382Wyclif 1 Tim. i. 17 To the kyng of worldis, vndeedly and invisyble God aloone, honour and glorie. c1425St. Christina iii. in Anglia VIII. 120/45 To suffre peynes of an vndeedly soule by a deedly body. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. xvi. 243 Tho spiritis were vnmade and vndeedli withoute bigynnyng or eending in tyme. 1554Coverdale Hope of Faithful xxiv. 169 Vndeadlye or immortall is it called, because it neuer ceaseth to lyue. 1612T. James Corrupt. Scripture iii. 8 For rightfulnes is euerlasting and vndeadlie.
2. Not causing death; not mortal.
c1611Chapman Iliad xi. 390 Ulysses knowing well The wound undeadly..Thus spake to Socus. |