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nabban

  • verb [ weak ]
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nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)
not to have, to be without
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  • Næbbe ic synne gefremed,

    • Cd. Th. 160, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 2650,

  • Næbbe ic welan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 601
      • ;
    • An. 301.

  • Nafast hláfes wiste,

    • 621
      • ;
    • An. 311.

  • Ðú næfst nán þing,

    • Jn. Skt. 4, 11.

  • Næft ðú,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 36.

  • Hé nǽnige mehte nafaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 31, 33.

  • Hé wilnaþ ... ðæs ðe hé næft,

    • Bt. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 34, 2.

  • Næfþ,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 12.

  • Wé nabbaþ,

    • Mk. Skt. 9, 13.

  • Earmra manna gehelpan ðe sylfe nabbaþ and ðæra myhta nabbaþ ðæt hié wyrcen mágon,

    • L. E. I. 3, Th. ii. 404, 22.

  • Hí heora nabbaþ má ðonne hí heora habban,

    • Bt. 26, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 90, 19.

  • Ðonne ðú hæfdest ðæt ðú noldest oððe næfdest ðæt ðú woldest,

    • Fox 90, 31.

  • Næfde heó nóht on hire,

    • Blickl. Homl. 147, 15.

  • Næfde gé,

    • Jn. Skt. 9, 41.

  • Nafa ðú fremde godas,

    • Deut. 5, 7.

  • Ðonne gé faran næbbe gé mid eów hláf,

    • Blickl. Homl. 233, 17.

  • Gif hé wíf næbbe,

    • Ex. 21, 4.

  • Ne mæg ðæt ná beón ðæt ða bearn langunga nabban,

    • Blickl. Homl. 131, 26.

  • Næbben,

    • Beo. Th. 3705
      • ;
    • B. 1850.

  • Hét mé fremdne god hergan, oððe hí nabban,

    • Exon. Th. 247, 12
      • ;
    • Jul. 77.

  • Sint hí ðé pliólícran hæfd ðonne næfd,

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 42, note 10.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. combines the negative with the verb in the same way.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-næfd.
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v.  næfde nafa ne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “nabban.” 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/23360.

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