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nefne

  • preposition
  • conjunction
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Grammar
nefne, nemne.
Wright's OE grammar
§560;
Grammar
nefne, conj. connecting clauses,
Unless, except
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  • Hé hyra má ácwellan wolde, nefne him witig God forstóde,

    • Beo. Th. 2116
    • ;
    • B. 1056: 6101
    • ;
    • B. 3054: Exon. Th. 340, 5
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 106 : 345, 11
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 186.
  • Hí sǽdon, nemne (

    nisi

    )

    hí him máran andlyfne sealdon, ðæt hí woldan him sylfe niman,

    • Bd. 1, 15
    • ;
    • S. 483, 37.
  • Hé læg swá swá deád mon nemne ðynre éðunge ánre ætýwde ðæt hé lífes wǽre

    quasi mortuus jacebat, halitu tantum pertenui quia viveret demonstrans,

    • 5, 19
    • ;
    • S. 640, 24.
  • Nymne,

    • 1, 27
    • ;
    • S. 493, 38.
  • Nó hé fóddor þigeþ, nemne meledeáwes dǽl gebyrge,

    • Exon. Th. 215, 29
    • ;
    • Ph. 260: 124, 12
    • ;
    • Gú. 338: 249, 10
    • ;
    • Jul. 109 : Beo. Th. 3108
    • ;
    • B. 1552 : 5302
    • ;
    • B. 2654.
  • Næfne,

    • 506
    • ;
    • B. 250.
  • On weres wæstmum, næfne (

    except that

    )

    hé wæs mára ðon ǽnig man óðer,

    • 2710
    • ;
    • B. 1353.
  • Hwæt hæfðe seó godcunde þurh ða menniscan nemne búton ðæt heó mihte beón ácenned,

    • Blickl. Homl. 19, 22.
Grammar
nefne, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed
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  • Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Cristes lof and nytte sprǽce,

    • 223, 36: Exon. Th. 308, 28
    • ;
    • Seef. 46.
  • Nǽneg dorste nefne sinfreá,

    • Beo. Th. 3873
    • ;
    • B. 1934.
  • Ic lyt hafo heáfodmága nefne ðec,

    • 4309
    • ;
    • B. 2151.
  • Ðæt unc ne gedǽlde nemne deáþ ána ówiht elles,

    • Exon. Th. 442, 34
    • ;
    • Kl. 23 : Andr. Kmbl. 1327
    • ;
    • An. 664.
Grammar
nefne, prep.
Except
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  • Nemne feáum ánum,

    • Beo. Th. 2167
    • ;
    • B. 1081.
Linked entries
v.  nemne nymne.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • nefne, prep.; con.