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neowol

  • adjective
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Grammar
neowol, nifol, nihol, nihold, neól, niwol; adj.
prone, prostrate
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  • Nihol

    pronus,

    • Ep. Gl. 20 b, 2.

  • Nihold,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 20.

  • Hwí líst ðú neowel on eorþan

    cur jaces pronus in terra?

    • Jos. 7, 10.

  • Hé feóll niwel on ða eorþan,

    • Gen. 33, 3.

  • Niwol,

    • Bt. 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 3.

  • Neowol,

    • Met. 1, 80.

  • Ðǽrrihte férde eall seó heord myclum onrǽse niwel on sǽ

    ecce impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 32.

  • Neól ic fére,

    • Exon. Th. 403, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 22, 1.

  • Hít swá niowul (

    prostrate

    )

    up árǽrde,

    • Bt. 3, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 26.

  • Neowle nihtscúwan

    the shades of night that had settled down upon earth,

    • Cd. Th. 184, 28
      • ;
    • Exod. 114.

  • Ða neowelan

    cernua,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 14 : 78. 59.

  • Neóle

    cernuas,

    • 83, 3.

  • Nióle,

    • 18, 42.

  • Nifle nædran cynn

    serpentes,

    • Ps. Th. 148, 10.
deep down, low, profound (v. neowolness)
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  • Niól

    infima,

    • 110, 73.

  • Under neólum niþer næsse

    deep underground,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1660
      • ;
    • El. 832.

  • In ðam neólan scræfe

    in that deepest den (hell),

    • Exon. Th. 283, 23
      • ;
    • Jul. 684.

  • In ðissum neowlan genipe

    (hell

    ),
    • Cd. Th. 271, 7
      • ;
    • Sat. 102.

  • In ðone neowlan grund

    to that profound abyss,

    • 267, 1
      • ;
    • Sat. 31 : 270, 16
      • ;
    • Sat. 91.

  • In ðis neowle genip,

    • 275, 31
      • ;
    • Sat. 180 : 292, 25
      • ;
    • Sat. 446.

  • Drihten for ðé of ðæm heán heofone on ðás neowlan gesceaft niðer ástáh

    for thee the Lord descended from the high heaven to this lower world,

    • L. E. I. prm.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 396, 2.

  • Gé beóþ forǽltene on ðone neowlan helle seáð

    ye shall be dismissed to the bottomless pit,

    • 396, 18.

  • Gǽst ellor hwearf under neowelne næs,

    • Judth. Thw. 23, 9
      • ;
    • Jud. 113.

  • Sunne gewát tó sete glídan under niflan næs,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2611
      • ;
    • An. 1307.

  • Nyþer gefeallaþ under neowulne grund

    descendunt usque ad abyssos,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 25.

  • Neowle næssas

    low-lying headlands,

    • Beo. Th. 2826
      • ;
    • B.1411
      • ;

  • Niþer under næssas, neóle grundas

    (hell ),

    • Exon. Th. 136, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 535.
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v.  neól nifol nihol niwel niwol nywol.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “neowol.” 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/23585.

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