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nǽfre

  • adverb
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Grammar
nǽfre, ( = ne ǽfre); adv.
Never.
Grammar
nǽfre, alone
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  • Nǽfre ætýwde swylc,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 33.
  • Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan,

    • Beo. Th. 500
    • ;
    • B. 247.
  • Nǽfre gé mid blóde beódgereordu eówre þicgeaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 91, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 1518.
  • Eádig biþ se ðe in his éþle geþíhþ; earm se him his frýnd geswícaþ; néfre (?) sceal se him his nest áspringeþ

    (never shall he thrive whose provision fails him (?). Grein takes nefre

    = infirmus),
    • Exon. Th. 335, 23
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 38.
Grammar
nǽfre, with another negative
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  • Ne hit nǽfre ne gewurðe

    nec unquam fiat,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 40, 14.
  • Ðæt hí nǽfre ne gedóþ,

    • Bt. 14, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 44, 15.
  • Nǽfre siðan Rómáne ne rícsodon on Bretone,

    • Chr. 409
    • ;
    • Erl. 10, 7.
  • Hié nǽfre his banan folgian noldon,

    • 755
    • ;
    • Erl. 50, 20.
  • Nán man ne dorste sleán óðerne man, næfde hé nǽfre swá mycel gedón wið ðone óðerne,

    • 1086
    • ;
    • Erl. 222, 6.
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v.  nefre.
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  • nǽfre, adv.