a. Obs.; also eadmod, edmeod, æddmod, admod, aðmod. [OE. éadmód, phonetic variant of éaþmód, f. éaþe, EATH + mód MOOD; the exact equivalent (type *auþu-môdo-) does not occur in continental Teutonic, but the derivatives in -môdjo- (= EDMEDE a.) and in -môdin- (= EDMEDE sb.) are found with forms parallel to the OE. éaþ-, éad-; see EDMEDE sb. and a.] Gentle, humble, meek.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xi. 29. Ic eom bilwite and eadmod on heortan.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 5. Þes we ahte to beon þe edmoddre. Ibid., 113. Drihten … ȝeueð þan edmeodan streinþe.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 10837. Æddmod allse cullfre.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 89. Ich am milde and admod on herte.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 25571. Þurh þine aðmode [c. 1275 edmode] will … let þu mi sweuen to selþen iturnen.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 276. Ȝif þu wilt beon edmod, þenc euer hwat þe wonteð of holinesse.

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c. 1275.  Lay., 23255. Woweyn was edmod.

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  Hence Edmodi a. [cf. OHG. ôtmuatig; see -Y] = EDMOD. Edmodien v. trans., to humble. Edmoded ppl. a., meek. Edmodleȝc [see -LOCK], humility, gentleness. Edmodliche adv. [see -LY2], humbly, meekly. Edmodness [see -NESS], gentleness, humility, meekness.

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c. 888.  K. Ælfred, Boeth., xii. Crist eardað on þære dene eadmodnesse.

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a. 1175.  Cott. Hom., 221. Mid ælra ædmodnisse … Ȝearnian mid admodnisse. Ibid., 237. His admoded deað ofer com . and fordede ure soriȝe and ȝelice deað.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 17. Crist … eadmode hine seolfne þet he wes iboren of ure lefdi. Ibid., 89. Cristes apostles weren wuniende edmodliche on heore ibeoden on ane upflore.

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c. 1200.  Ormin, 17649. Forr to berrȝhen æddmodliȝ þe werelld þurrh hiss are. Ibid., 19297. Full off baþe, off millce, off are, off æddmodleȝȝc.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 94. Þe anui þet heo her uor his luue edmodliche þolieð. Ibid., 130. Heo holdeð … þet heaued lowe þuruh milde edmodnesse. Ibid., 246. Þe edmodies monnes bonen þurleð þe weolcne. Ibid., 278. Makieð edmod [T. C. eadmodieð] our heorte.

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