"aboven þe mone" meaning in Middle English

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Prepositional phrase

Forms: aboven [alternative], þe [alternative], mone [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|enm|prepositional phrase}} aboven þe mone
  1. In the sky; in the heavens.
    Sense id: en-aboven_þe_mone-enm-prep_phrase-3-nY0nKy
  2. (figurative) Outside what is reasonable; too highly. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-aboven_þe_mone-enm-prep_phrase-QHIjPSG7 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: under þe mone
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      "form": "aboven",
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    },
    {
      "form": "þe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mone",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "aboven þe mone",
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    }
  ],
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  "related": [
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
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    }
  ],
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        "In the sky; in the heavens."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ],
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              93,
              107
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1400, Wyclif, Of Feigned Contemplative Life:",
          "text": "Þus trewe seruyce of god is lettid & þis veyn knackynge, for oure iolite & pride, is preised abouen þe mone.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Outside what is reasonable; too highly."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Outside what is reasonable; too highly."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English multiword terms",
    "Middle English prepositional phrases",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aboven",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "þe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mone",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "prepositional phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "aboven þe mone",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "prep_phrase",
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    {
      "word": "under þe mone"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "In the sky; in the heavens."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ],
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Middle English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              93,
              107
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1400, Wyclif, Of Feigned Contemplative Life:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Outside what is reasonable; too highly."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Outside what is reasonable; too highly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aboven þe mone"
}

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