anmedla

Old English

Alternative forms

• onmedla, onmædla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnˌmed.lɑ/

Noun

anmedla m

1. pride, pomp, arrogance, presumption
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Dagas sind ġewitene, ealle onmedlan eorþan rīċes; nǣron nū cyningas ne cāseras ne goldġiefan swylċe iū wǣron, þonne hī mǣst mid him mǣrþa ġefremedon ond on dryhtlīċestum dōme lifdon.

     The days are gone, whole sheens of Earth’s kingdom; kings were not now, nor emperors, nor gold-givers as once were when they fulfilled most of honors amongst 'emselves and lived in the lordliest glory.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	anmedla	anmedlan
accusative	anmedlan	anmedlan
genitive	anmedlan	anmedlena
dative	anmedlan	anmedlum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “an-medla”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.