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nett

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
nett, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §254; §274; §285; §355; §356; §562;
a net (for fowling, fishing, or hunting)
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  • Net

    rete,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 16.

  • Nyt,

    • 73, 41.

  • Ned

    cassis,

    • ii. 14, 3.

  • Hyra net wæs tóbrocen,

    • Lk. Skt. 5, 6.

  • Úres fisceres nett

    nostri piscatoris rete,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 15
      • ;
    • Som. 19, 57.

  • Feallaþ on nette his

    cadent in retiaculo ejus,

    • Ps. Spl. 140, 11.

  • Ic mín nett út lǽte

    laxabo rete,

    • Lk. Skt. 5, 5: Mt. Kmbl. 4, 18.

  • Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe,

    • Jn. Skt. 21, 6.

  • Ic bréde nett

    plecto,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
      • ;
    • Som. 32, 8.

  • Óþ ðæt ðe hig (wildeór) cuman tó ðám nettan ... Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum?

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 15-21 : 22, 11.

  • On feala wísan ic beswíce fugelas, hwílon mid nettum,

    • 25, 11.

  • Hí forléton hyra nett (netta, Lind.)

    relictis retibus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22 : Homl. Th. i. 578, 21.
a mosquito-net
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  • Nette, fleógryfte

    conopio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 18.
net- work, web
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  • Swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett,

    • Ps. Th. 38, 12.

  • Ðonne hió (

    the spider

    )

    geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette,

    • 89, 10.

  • Folc gescylde hálgan nette (

    with a net-work of clouds

    ),
    • Cd. Th. 182, 11
      • ;
    • Exod, 74.
Etymology
[
Goth. nati
:
O. Sax. netti, (fisk-)net
:
O. Frs. nette
:
Icel. net; gen. pl. netja
:
O. H. Ger. nezzi rete.
]
Similar entries
v. ǽl-, boge-, breóst-, deór-, dræg-, feng-, fisc-, fleóh-, here-, hring-, inwit-, mycg-, searo-, wæl-nett, and next word.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nett.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23614.

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  • nett, n.

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