aboven þe mone
Middle English
Alternative forms
- See alternate forms at aboven, þe and mone.
Prepositional phrase
aboven þe mone
- In the sky; in the heavens.
- (figuratively) Outside what is reasonable; too highly.
- 1400 Wyclif, Of Feigned Contemplative Life.
- Þus trewe seruyce of god is lettid & þis veyn knackynge, for oure iolite & pride, is preised abouen þe mone.
- 1400 Wyclif, Of Feigned Contemplative Life.
See also
- under þe mone
References
- “mon(e (n.1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.