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nest

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
nest, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§42; §80; §243; §343;
provisions, victuals
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  • Se him his nest áspringeþ

    he whose provisions fail him,

    • Exon. Th. 335, 23
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 38.
  • Sum sceal on feorwegas gongan, and his nest beran,

    • 329, 3
    • ;
    • Vy. 28.
  • On ðæm fætelse ðe hyre foregenga hyra begea nest þyder lǽdde,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 19
    • ;
    • Jud. 128.
provisions served out at fixed times, rations
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  • Nest

    epimenia

    (οπιμήνια

    cf.

    fóstraþas

    epimoenia,

    32, 41.

    Epimenia expensae vel exennia vel tributa quae dantur per singulos menses, Ducange),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 32.
  • Ða cempan cwǽdon: Hwæt dó wé? Ðá sǽde hé him : Beóþ éðhylde on eówrum andlyfenum (Lind. Rush. nestum =

    stipendiis

    ),
    • Lk. Skt. 3, 14.
Etymology
[
Icel. nest; n. provisions
:
O.H. Ger. wega-, fart-nest viaticum.
]
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v. weg-nest, nest-pohha.
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