† unmightinessn.

Forms: Old English unmihtignes, early Middle English unmihtinis, Middle English onmyghtynes, Middle English unmyghtynes, Middle English vnmyghtynes, Middle English vnmyghtynesse, Middle English vnmyȝtines, Middle English vnmyȝttynesse.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmighty adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < unmighty adj. + -ness suffix. Compare unmight n.¹The Old English form unmihticnysse (accusative) in the variant reading in quot. OE² is probably a scribal error for unmihtilicnysse inability (which occurs in the corresponding chapter heading in the table of contents of MS Vitellius: Wiþ..unmihtilicnysse þæs migðan), rather than an example of the present word.

Obsolete.

Weakness, feebleness; powerlessness, impotence; inability.In quot. c1450¹: (perhaps) unworthiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > utter inability or powerlessness

unmightinessOE

non-powera1387

unpowerc1400

impotencea1420

palsya1450

impossibilityc1450

impotencyc1460

impuissance1483

impotentness1530

powerlessness1650

enervity1656

paralysis1809

nervelessness1857

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 585) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) cxxxiii. 174 Þysse wyrte sæd..framað wel..wið scorpiones stincg to ðam swyðe þæs ðe sume men secgað þæt gif hy man ofer ða scorpiones gelegð ðæt heo him unmihtignesse & untrumnysse on gebrincge.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) cxlviii. 190 He fremað wið ða unmihtignessa [OE Vitell. unmihticnysse, ?a1200 Harl. 6258B unmihtinisse] þæs migðan.

a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 179 (MED) Þareof þe lyvere is feble & unmyghty, of whylk feblenes & unmyghtynes wykkyd humours & wykkyd fumositeis are in poynt for to gader & breid in þe ypocondris.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 52 (MED) Bettir it is þat a ȝong þing..playne him of vnmyȝtines to fiȝte by wey of ȝong age þan þouȝ [perh. read þat] he be sory in his ful age þat he can noȝt fiȝte.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in Anglia (1885) 8 124 Dredynge leste þat houge wonderynge of mereylles [read merueylles] shulde..arrecte goddes dedys to vnmyghtynes.

c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 127 (MED) Blake eyn..betokyn on-myghtynes off vertuus strengh.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unmightiness
释义	† unmightinessn. Forms: Old English unmihtignes, early Middle English unmihtinis, Middle English onmyghtynes, Middle English unmyghtynes, Middle English vnmyghtynes, Middle English vnmyghtynesse, Middle English vnmyȝtines, Middle English vnmyȝttynesse. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmighty adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < unmighty adj. + -ness suffix. Compare unmight n.¹The Old English form unmihticnysse (accusative) in the variant reading in quot. OE² is probably a scribal error for unmihtilicnysse inability (which occurs in the corresponding chapter heading in the table of contents of MS Vitellius: Wiþ..unmihtilicnysse þæs migðan), rather than an example of the present word. Obsolete. Weakness, feebleness; powerlessness, impotence; inability.In quot. c1450¹: (perhaps) unworthiness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > utter inability or powerlessness unmightinessOE non-powera1387 unpowerc1400 impotencea1420 palsya1450 impossibilityc1450 impotencyc1460 impuissance1483 impotentness1530 powerlessness1650 enervity1656 paralysis1809 nervelessness1857 OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Harl. 585) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) cxxxiii. 174 Þysse wyrte sæd..framað wel..wið scorpiones stincg to ðam swyðe þæs ðe sume men secgað þæt gif hy man ofer ða scorpiones gelegð ðæt heo him unmihtignesse & untrumnysse on gebrincge. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Hatton) (O.E.D. transcript) (1984) cxlviii. 190 He fremað wið ða unmihtignessa [OE Vitell. unmihticnysse, ?a1200 Harl. 6258B unmihtinisse] þæs migðan. a1425 ( H. Daniel Liber Uricrisiarum (Wellcome 225) 179 (MED) Þareof þe lyvere is feble & unmyghty, of whylk feblenes & unmyghtynes wykkyd humours & wykkyd fumositeis are in poynt for to gader & breid in þe ypocondris. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 52 (MED) Bettir it is þat a ȝong þing..playne him of vnmyȝtines to fiȝte by wey of ȝong age þan þouȝ [perh. read þat] he be sory in his ful age þat he can noȝt fiȝte. c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in Anglia (1885) 8 124 Dredynge leste þat houge wonderynge of mereylles [read merueylles] shulde..arrecte goddes dedys to vnmyghtynes. c1450 J. Metham Physiognomy in Wks. (1916) 127 (MED) Blake eyn..betokyn on-myghtynes off vertuus strengh. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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