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ge-nip

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-nip, es; pl. nom. acc. -nipu; n.
A mist, cloud, darkness, obscurity; nĕbŭla, cālīgo, nūbes, tĕnebræ
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  • Mist vel genip

    nĕbŭla,

      Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 111; Wrt. Voc. 52, 61.

  • Wearþ genip, and ofersceadede híg

    facta est nūbes, et obumbrāvit eos,

      Lk. Bos. 9, 34.

  • Ðæt genip stód æt ðæs geteldes dura

    the cloud stood at the door of the tabernacle,

      Ex. 33, 10: Cd. 8; Th. 9, 9; Gen. 139.

  • Moises eóde to ðam genipe

    Moyses accessit ad calīgĭnem,

      Ex. 20, 21.

  • Com stefen of ðam genipe

    vox facta est de nūbe,

      Lk. Bos. 9, 35.

  • On ðæt genip

    in nūbem,

      9, 34.

  • In ðæt neowle genip

    into the deep darkness,

      Cd. 223; Th. 292, 25; Sat. 445: 217; Th. 275, 31; Sat. 180: Exon. 93 b; Th. 351, 12; Sch. 79.

  • Ofer flóda genipu

    over the mists of floods,

      Beo. Th. 5608; B. 2808: 2724; B. 1360.

  • Ðú ðe gesetst genipu upastínesse ðínne oððe ðínne upstíge

    qui pōnis nūbem ascensum tuum,

      Ps. Lamb. 103, 3: Ps. Spl. 77, 27.

  • Sweart wolcen and genip

    atra nubes,

      Nar. 23, 23.
Etymology
[Cf. Ger. nebel: Icel. nifl.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-nip.” 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/15397.

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