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nán-wiht

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adverb
  • pronoun
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Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.
Grammar
nán-wiht, as subst.
nothing
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  • Nánwiht

    nihil,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 32.
  • Heó hire self gecýþ ðæt heó nánwuht ne biþ

    she herself shews that she is nothing,

    • Bt. 20
    • ;
    • Fox 70, 24.
  • Ðú wéndest ðæt ðé nánwuht unrihtlíces on becuman ne mihte,

    • 7, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 22, 15 : 16, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 56, 31: 38, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 198, 6.
  • Ðæt gecynd nyle nǽfre nánwuht wiðerweardes lǽtan gemengan,

    • 16, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 54, 36.
  • Hió nánwuht elles ne lufaþ bútan ðé,

    • 10
    • ;
    • Fox 28, 24.
  • nánwuht ealles (

    nothing at all

    )

    næbbe ymbe tó sorgienne,

    • 11, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 32, 12.
  • Hié hiora nánwuht ongiotan ne meahton,

    • Past. Swt. 5, 12.
  • Ðone ðe ðú nánwiht yfles on nystest,

    • Blickl. Homl. 85, 36.
  • Nánuht berendes, ne wíf ne niéten, ne mehton nánuht libbendes geberan,

    • Ors. 4, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 158, 18.
  • Nánuht ágiefan nolde ðæs ðe hié béna wǽron,

    • 3, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 146, 35.
  • nánuht nabbaþ fæstes ne stronges,

    • 2, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 74, 28.
  • The Northern gospels have nǽniht (from nǽnig?) :--

    Nǽniht unmæht biþ

    nihil impossibile erit,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 17, 20.
  • nówihte ł nǽnihte

    ad nihilum,

    • 5, 13.
  • Bibeód him ðæt nǽniht (ne ǽniht, Lind.) hiǽ gilǽdde on woeg

    praecepit ne quid tollerent in via,

    • Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 8.
  • Náneht ł ne óht (nǽniht ł nóht, Rush.)

    nullam,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 22.
Grammar
nán-wiht, as an adverb,
nothing, not at all, no whit
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  • Hé his godcundnesse nánwiht ne gewanode

    he no whit diminished his divinity,

    • Blickl. Homl. 91, 9.
  • Ne gefyrenodest ðú nánwuht

    thou hast done no sin,

    • 235, 34.
Similar entries
v. ná-wiht.
Linked entries
v.  nǽnig-wiht nǽniht.
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  • nán-wiht, n.; adv.; pronoun.