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ná-wiht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §471;
Grammar
ná-wiht, as subst. with gen. es; n.
nothing, naught, a thing of no value, an evil thing
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  • Is tó cýðanne hwelc náwuht (náuht, Cott. MSS.) ðes woruldgielp is

    intimandum est, quam sit nulla temporalis gloria,

    • Past. 41,1
      • ;
    • Swt. 299, 6.

  • Náwuhtes cearu ofer ða ryhtwísnesse

    care for nothing besides righteousness,

    • Swt. 302, 9.

  • Ðú hí miht tó náwihte (

    ad nihilum

    )

    forniman,

    • Ps.Th. 72, 16, 17 : 107,12.

  • Spoede míne swé swé nówiht beforan ðé biþ

    substantia mea tanquam nihil ante te est,

    • Ps. Surt. 38, 6.

  • Tó nówihte,

    • 14, 4 : 80, 15.

  • Fore nówihte

    pro nihilo,

    • 55, 8.

  • Hé nówiht ne fremede

    nec ipse aliquid profecisset,

    • Bd. 5, 9 tit.
      • ;
    • S. 622, 6.

  • Hé nówiht elles ne dyde,

    • 2, 14
      • ;
    • S. 518, 8.

  • Yfel is náuht. Ðǽr yfel áuht wǽre, ðonne mihte hit God wyrcan. For ðý hit is náuht,

    • Bt. 35, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 164, 10-11.

  • Heore þincþ eall náuht (nóht, Cott. MS.) ðæt heó hæfþ,

    • 10
      • ;
    • Fox 28, 28.

  • Hú ne is se anweald ðǽr náuht?

    • 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 7.

  • Hú ne wást ðú ðæt hit nis náuht gecynde ne náuht gewunelíc ðæt ǽnig wiðerweard þing bión gemenged wið óðrum wiðerweardum

    do you not know that it is not a natural or usual thing, for contraries to be mingled with other contraries,

    • 16, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 54, 11.

  • Ne eart ðú nó eallunga tó náuhte gedón

    thou art not altogether brought to naught,

    • 10
      • ;
    • Fox 30, 4.

  • Weorðan tó náuhte

    to come to naught,

    • Met. 11, 87.

  • For náuht tó habbene

    to be considered worthless,

    • Bt. 30, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 108, 17.

  • Mon ongiet mid hwelcum stæpum ðæt náwht (náuht, Cott. MSS.) wæs þurhtogen

    quibus vestigiis nequitia sit perpetrata,

    • Past. 35, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 241, 18.

  • Náht

    nichil,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 68:

    nihili,

      47, 33;

    nihil,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 8
      • ; Som. 9, 13.

  • Náht mé wana biþ

    nihil mihi deerit,

    • Ps. Spl. 22, 1.

  • Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine, sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 608, 23.

  • Heora dýre gold ne biþ náhte wurð wið ða foresǽdan mádmas

    their precious gold will be worth nothing in comparison with the aforesaid treasures,

    • Glostr. Frg. 2, 29.

  • Tó náhte

    ad nihilum,

    • Ps. Spl. 14, 5 : Ps. Th. 59, 11.

  • Ne ðæt tó náhte nyt ne biþ

    it is to no purpose,

    • Blickl. Homl. 57, 5.

  • Hig tellaþ mín wedd for náht

    irritum facient pactum meum,

    • Deut. 31, 20.

  • For náhtum

    pro nihilo,

    • Ps. Lamb. 80, 15.

  • Ungeleáfsumum nóht biþ clǽne

    infidelibus nihil est mundum,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 494, 40.

  • Mon nóhtes wyrþe his sáule ne déþ ne his goldes ne his seolfres

    a man does not make his soul worthy of anything, of his gold or of his silver,

    • Blickl. Homl. 195, 5.

  • Næfdon heó nóht on hire, búton ðæt án ðæt heó hæfde mennisce onlícnesse,

    • 147, 15.

  • Ne fqrstent hit him nóht, ne him nóhte ðon má ne beóþ forlǽtna his ágna synna,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 163, 19.
  • ¶ genitive used as predicate :--

    Ða sǽlþa ðe hé ǽr wénde ðæt gesǽlþa beón sceoldan, náuhtas nǽran

    (were worthless

    ),
    • Bt. 10. tit.
      • ;
    • Fox xii. 6.

  • Eówer godas ne synd náhtes,

    • Homl. Skt. 7, 205.
Grammar
ná-wiht, with a genitive
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  • Eallinga náwiht mægenes hæfeþ seó ǽfæstnys

    nihil omnino virtutis habet religio illa,

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 516, 3.

  • Ic ðæs nówiht wát,

    • Exon. Th. 393, 5
      • ;
    • Rä, 12, 5.

  • Ealles náuht

    nothing at all,

    • Bt. 36, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 182, 8.

  • Náuht elles

    nothing else,

    • 3, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 6, 11.

  • Hé ne mæg útane náuht ágnes habban,

    • 27, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 98, 8.

  • Ðes náht yfeles ne dyde

    hic nihil mali gessit,

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 41.

  • Náht elles búton

    nothing but,

    • Blickl. Homl. 215, 3.

  • Nóht elles ne wunaþ, búton ðæt án,

    • 101, 4.

  • Gif wé yfles nóht gedón habbaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 262, 8
      • ;
    • Jul. 329.
Grammar
ná-wiht, as an adverb,
not
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  • Hit gelamp neáht micelre tíde æfter his slæge (

    non multo exacto tempore

    ),
    • Bd. 3, 9
      • ;
    • S. 533. 30.

  • Náht feor eást,

    • 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 517, 15 : Blickl. Homl. 43, 26.

  • Mannum ðe náht swíðe God ne lufiaþ,

    • 53. 18: Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 27.

  • Ic wát ðæt ðú náht (áuht,

    Cott. MSS.)

    ne forsláwodest,

    • Bt. 10
      • ;
    • Fox 28, 15.

  • Heó nóht lata ne wæs,

    • Blicki. Homl. 163, 8.

  • Ne þurfan gé nóht besorgian hwæt gé sprecan,

    • 171, 18.

  • Ne wæs hé nóht feor on oferhygd áhafen,

    • 215, 32.

  • Nóht longe ofer ðis,

    • Exon. Th. 172, 15
      • ;
    • Gú. 1144.

  • Æfter nóht langre tíde,

    • Bd. 5, 11
      • ;
    • S. 626, 10.

  • Ic nóht ðon ǽr ðære ærninge blon,

    • 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 15.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. ná-wet
:
O. Sax. O. H. Ger. neó-wiht.
]
Similar entries
v. nátes-hwón and following words.
Linked entries
v.  á-wiht náht nán-wiht nátes-hwón náuht ni-wiht nó-wiht á-wiht.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ná-wiht.” 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/23449.

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