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nǽnig

  • noun
  • adjective
  • pronoun
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Grammar
nǽnig, ( = ne ǽnig).
Wright's OE grammar
§471;
Grammar
nǽnig, used as an adjective,
not any, none, no,
Grammar
nǽnig, without another negative
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  • Nǽnig óðer hý ǽfre má eft onlúceþ,

    • Exon. Th. 20, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 324
      • .

  • Ðeáh ðe nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre,

    • Met. 20, 25.

  • Ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera,

    • 16, 13.

  • Naenge earbeðe

    nullo negotio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 5.

  • Nǽnigne ic sélran hýrde hordmádmum,

    • Beo. Th. 2398
      • ;
    • B. 1197.

  • Hafaþ tóþ nǽnigne,

    • Exon. Th. 439. 24
      • ;
    • Rä. 59, 8 : Cd. Th. 272, 20
      • ;
    • Sat. 122.

  • Him ðæs nǽnige bót dydon,

    • Blickl. Homl. 201, 23.
Grammar
nǽnig, with other negatives
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  • Nǽnig mon ne sceal lufian ne ne géman his gesibbes,

    • 23, 16.

  • Ðæt wíte ðe nǽfre nǽnig ende ne becymeþ,

    • 51, 31.

  • Ne hé nǽnigne man unrihtlíce fordémde, ne hine nǽnig man yrne ne funde,

    • 223, 32.

  • Ðǽr him nǽnig wæter wihte ne sceþede,

    • Beo. Th. 3032
      • ;
    • B. 1514.

  • Óðer nǽnig sélra nǽre,

    • 1723
      • ;
    • B. 859.

  • Nis nǽnigu gecynd,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 839
      • ;
    • Sal. 419.

  • Ne sý eów nǽnigu cearo,

    • Blickl. Homl. 145, 8
      • .

  • Ne hié nǽnigo firen ne gewundode,

    • 161, 33.

  • Næs nǽnig ylding,

    • 87, 17.

  • Nis nǽnig máre mægen,

    • 31, 30.

  • Eów nǽnig wuht ne deraþ,

    • And. 14, 8.

  • God ðonne ne gýmeþ nǽnges mannes hreówe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 95, 29.

  • Nǽnges þinges máre þearf nǽre,

    • 175, 8.

  • Hé nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men onbúgan nolde,

    • 223, 27.

  • Warna ðé ðæt ðú hyt nǽnegum men ne secge,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 4.

  • Ðæt hé nǽnigum óðrum men ne sǽde,

    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 623, 3 : Blickl. Homl. 221, 16.

  • Hié eów tó nǽnigre áre ne belimpeþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 41, 23 : 179, 15.

  • Hí ne mihtan ðære heorde nǽnige góde beón,

    • 45, 16.

  • Hé nǽnige mehte wið ús nafaþ,

    • 31, 33 : 79, 7.

  • Ne bideþ hé æt ús nǽnig óðor edleán,

    • 103, 21.

  • Ne ðǽr nǽnige þingunga ne beóþ,

    • 95, 30 : 157, 13 : 185, 9.

  • Hé nǽfre nǽnige godcunde englas næfde,

    • 181, 28.
Grammar
nǽnig, as a substantive,
no one, not any one,
Grammar
nǽnig, without another negative
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  • Nǽnig bihelan mæg wom unbéted,

    • Exon. Th. 80, 23
      • ;
    • Cri. 1311 : 294, 20
      • ;
    • Crä. 18 : Beo. Th. 3870
      • ;
    • B. 1933.

  • Nǽnig óðerne freóþ,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 69
      • ;
    • Leás. 36 : Exon. Th. 491, 29
      • ;
    • Rä. 81, 6.

  • Nǽnegum þuhte dæg on þonce,

    • Met. 12, 15.

  • Se ðe nǽngum scód,

    • Exon. Th. 90, 1
      • ;
    • Cri. 1467.

  • Nǽnige

    neminem,

    • Hpt. Gl. 457, 57.

  • Ðǽr hé nǽnige forlét bendum fæstne,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2074
      • ;
    • An. 1039.
Grammar
nǽnig, with other negatives
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  • Nis nǽnig swá snotor nymþe God seolfa,

    • Cd. Th. 286, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 349.

  • Ðone nǽnig heonon ne sceáwaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 31, 9.

  • Nǽnigne tweógean ne þearf,

    • 83, 9.
Grammar
nǽnig, with partitive gen.
Grammar
nǽnig, without another negative
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  • Nǽnig fira ðæs fród leofaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 351, 6
      • ;
    • Sch. 76.

  • Nǽnig wera gewiste,

    • 412, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 30, 13.

  • Nǽnig manna is,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1088
      • ;
    • An. 544 : Salm. Kmbl. 120
      • ;
    • Sal. 59.

  • Him nǽnig wæs ǽlǽrendra óðer betera,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1008
      • ;
    • El. 505.

  • Nǽnig heora þohte,

    • Beo. Th. 1385
      • ;
    • B. 691.

  • Nǽnegum áraþ leóde Deniga,

    • 1201
      • ;
    • B. 598.

  • Ic nǽngum sceððe burgsittendra,

    • Exon. Th. 407, 9
      • ;
    • Rä. 26, 2.

  • Mid ðý se cyning nǽnige þinga (

    nulla tenus

    )

    his bénum geþafian wolde,

    • Bd. 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 556, 11.
Grammar
nǽnig, with other negatives
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  • Ne ðǽr nǽnig wihte wénan þorfte,

    • Beo. Th. 316
      • ;
    • B. 157 : 490
      • ;
    • B. 242.

  • Nǽnig gumena ongitan ne mihte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1971
      • ;
    • An. 988 : Salm. Kmbl. 867
      • ;
    • Sal. 433.

  • Nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd, ne his heáhfædera . . . ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ nemþe . . . ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 161, 9.

  • Nis ðæt mín miht ne nǽnges úres ( = úre nǽniges),

    • 151, 29.

  • Be ðare nǽnigum gecweden beón ne mihte,

      161, 22.

  • Ne eart ðú ðon leófre nǽngum lifgendra,

    • Exon. Th. 370, 5
      • ;
    • Seel. Ex. 54.

  • Ðeós dǽd nǽnige þinga forholen ne wurþe,

    • Lchdm. iii. 60, 24 : Met. 10, 16 : 19, 37.

  • Ne sculon mæssepreóstas náteshwón nǽnig þinga bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan,

    • L. E. I. 7
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 406, 21.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nǽnig.” 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/23388.

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