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næs

  • adverb
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Grammar
næs, adv.
Not.
Grammar
næs, alone
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  • Búton hit riht sprǽc sý and behéfe næs ídel

    nisi recta locutio sit et utilis, non anilis,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 16.

  • Ic wylle mildheortnesse næs onsægdnesse,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 13.

  • Gif hit fæger is, ðæt is of heora ágnum gecynde, næs of ðínum; heora fæger hit is, næs ðín,

    • Bt. 14, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 42, 33.

  • Heó wæs ful cweden, næs æmetugu,

    • Blickl. Homl. 5, 5.

  • Ic cýðe mid dǽdum, næs mid wordum ánum,

    • 181, 25 : Ps. Th. 48, 12.

  • Næs hié ðære fylle gefeán hæfdon,

    • Beo. Th. 1128
      • ;
    • B. 562 : 6140
      • ;
    • B. 3074.
Grammar
næs, with another negative
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  • Ábréd of ða fiðeru, næs ne cerfe,

    • Lev. 1, 17.

  • Ic ondrǽde ðæt hé wirige mé, and næs ná bletsige,

    • Gen. 27, 12.

  • Ðonne telle ic ða weorþmynd ðæm wyrhtan, næs ná ðé,

    • Bt. 14, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 42, 19.

  • Gif ðú gesáwe þeóf, ðú urne mid him, næs ná ongeán hine,

    • Ps. Th. 49. 19.

  • Gesceapene tó ðon écan lífe, næs ná tó ðon écan deáþe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 8.

  • Næs ná mid golde, ac mid gódum dǽdum,

    • 95, 19.

  • Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum,

    • 13, 7.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. nas.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “næs.” 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/23395.

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