aboven þe mone

Middle English

Alternative forms

See alternative forms at aboven, þe and mone.

Prepositional phrase

aboven þe mone

In the sky; in the heavens.
(figurative) 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.
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See also

under þe mone

References

“mon(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

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