† nethemestadj.n.

Forms: Old English neoðemæst (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English neoðemest (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English nieðemesð (probably transmission error), Old English nioðemest (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English nioðmest (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English niðemæst, Old English niðemyst, Old English nyðemest, Old English nyðemyst, Old English (chiefly non-West Saxon)–early Middle English neoþemest, Old English–Middle English nyþemest, Middle English neoþemaste, Middle English neþemast, Middle English neþemest, Middle English neþemeste, Middle English neþemoste, Middle English neþemuste, Middle English nethemoste. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form early Middle English nythemest.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nethen adv., -most suffix.

Etymology: < neth- (in nethen adv.) + -most suffix, as superlative form corresponding to the comparative nether adj. Compare nethmost adj.

Obsolete.

Lowest, undermost, furthest down. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowest

nethemesteOE

nethereOE

netherestc1350

lowerc1384

nethermosta1387

lowest1538

lowermost1547

lowmost1548

undermost1555

downmostc1600

bottommost1694

downermost1831

nadiral1891

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) vii. 18 Þa niðemystan ic gebringe æt þæm hehstan, & þa hehstan æt ðæm niðemæstan.

OE Blickling Homilies 185 Swa swiþe he biþ bedyped on þa neoþemestan helle witu.

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 303 He bið eft genyþerad on þam nyþemestam witum under þam unrihtwisum, þe he unrædlice geheold.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 219 (MED) Þe huuemeste bou of þe treuwe springed of þe neþemeste rote.

c1300 St. Dominic (Laud) 332 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 287 (MED) He sat on þis laddre lowe on þe neþemeste roungue.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3257 (MED) In þat same tre castel weren maked stages thre..þe nyþemest was callid hagefray.

c1390 (a1325) Ipotis (Vernon) 390 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 345/2 (MED) Summe..fulle from heuene..In-to þe neoþemaste put of helle.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 9926 (MED) Þe þridde colour..ȝyueþ to þe neþemast [c1460 Laud neþemeste] liȝt.

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. i. 56 Men myȝt clymbe fro þe neþemast lettre to þe ouermast.

?c1475 (a1402) J. Trevisa Gospel of Nicodemus (Salisbury) f. 135 (MED) Þe temple cloþ toklef a twoo fram þe ouemuste to þe neþemuste syde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	nethemest
释义	† nethemestadj.n. Forms: Old English neoðemæst (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English neoðemest (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English nieðemesð (probably transmission error), Old English nioðemest (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English nioðmest (chiefly non-West Saxon), Old English niðemæst, Old English niðemyst, Old English nyðemest, Old English nyðemyst, Old English (chiefly non-West Saxon)–early Middle English neoþemest, Old English–Middle English nyþemest, Middle English neoþemaste, Middle English neþemast, Middle English neþemest, Middle English neþemeste, Middle English neþemoste, Middle English neþemuste, Middle English nethemoste. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form early Middle English nythemest. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nethen adv., -most suffix. Etymology: < neth- (in nethen adv.) + -most suffix, as superlative form corresponding to the comparative nether adj. Compare nethmost adj. Obsolete. Lowest, undermost, furthest down. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowest nethemesteOE nethereOE netherestc1350 lowerc1384 nethermosta1387 lowest1538 lowermost1547 lowmost1548 undermost1555 downmostc1600 bottommost1694 downermost1831 nadiral1891 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) vii. 18 Þa niðemystan ic gebringe æt þæm hehstan, & þa hehstan æt ðæm niðemæstan. OE Blickling Homilies 185 Swa swiþe he biþ bedyped on þa neoþemestan helle witu. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 303 He bið eft genyþerad on þam nyþemestam witum under þam unrihtwisum, þe he unrædlice geheold. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 219 (MED) Þe huuemeste bou of þe treuwe springed of þe neþemeste rote. c1300 St. Dominic (Laud) 332 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 287 (MED) He sat on þis laddre lowe on þe neþemeste roungue. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 3257 (MED) In þat same tre castel weren maked stages thre..þe nyþemest was callid hagefray. c1390 (a1325) Ipotis (Vernon) 390 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 345/2 (MED) Summe..fulle from heuene..In-to þe neoþemaste put of helle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) 9926 (MED) Þe þridde colour..ȝyueþ to þe neþemast [c1460 Laud neþemeste] liȝt. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. i. 56 Men myȝt clymbe fro þe neþemast lettre to þe ouermast. ?c1475 (a1402) J. Trevisa Gospel of Nicodemus (Salisbury) f. 135 (MED) Þe temple cloþ toklef a twoo fram þe ouemuste to þe neþemuste syde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.eOE
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