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næss

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
næss, ness, es; m.
a ness, land running out into water, headland, promontory.
[The word ness found in English local names is mostly of Scandinavian origin,
Icel. nes
; but, in a charter of 778,
  • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 382, 28,
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  • Tucingnæs occurs, and in another of 801 is the passage, 'adjecto uno piscatorio on Taemise fluuio ubi dicitur Fiscnaes,'
    • i. 216, 25.
  • Other instances in the charters are,

    Herces næs,

    • iii. 437, 1
      • :

  • on scearpan næsse,

    • 438, 22.

  • Earna næs

    Eagles-ness,
    • Beo. Th. 6055
      • ;
    • B. 3031
      • ,

  • Hrones næs

    Whales-ness,
    • 5603
      • ;
    • B. 2805,
    ,]

  • Æt brimes næsse

    at the sea-headland,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3417
      • ;
    • An. 1712.

  • Beorh wæterýðum neáh, be næsse,

    • Beo. Th. 4478
      • ;
    • B. 2243.

  • Gesæt on næsse cyning,

    • 4825
      • ;
    • B. 2417.

  • Wearþ on næs (

    of a lake

    )

    togen wundorlíc wǽgbora,

    • 2883
      • ;
    • B. 1439 : 3205
      • ;
    • B. 1600.

  • Se ðe næs (

    by the sea

    )

    gerád,

    • 5789
      • ;
    • B. 2898.

  • Windige næssas

    wind-swept headlands,

    • 2721
      • ;
    • B. 1358.

  • Neowle næssas

    headlands that plunge into the water,

    • 2826
      • ;
    • B. 1411.

  • Hié Geáta clifu ongitan meahton, cúþe næssas,

    • 3828
      • ;
    • B. 1912.
Grammar
næss, in connection with under, niðer, and often in pl. ground (as in under-ground)
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  • Ongan ðá eorþan delfan, ðæt hé on twentigum fótmǽlum feor funde behelede under neólum niðer næsse gehýdde in þeóstorcofan (

    he found the cross hidden twenty feet underground

    ),
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1661
      • ;
    • El. 832.

  • Gǽst ellor hwearf under neowelne næs (

    underground, i. e. to hell ),

    • Judth. Thw. 239
      • ;
    • Jud. 113.

  • Sunne gewát tó sete glídan under niflan næs (

    sink beneath the horizon

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

  • Fyrgenstreám under næssa genipu niðer gewíteþ (

    the stream disappears in a dark chasm

    ),

    flód under foldan,

    • Beo. Th. 2724
      • ;
    • B. 1360.

  • Hí (the fallen angels) gedúfan sceolun niðær undær nessas (to hell ) in ðone neowlan grund,

    • Cd. Th. 266, 32 : Sat. 31 : 270, 15
      • ;
    • Sat. 91.

  • Ingong in ðæt atule hús ( hell ) niðer under næssas, neole grundas,

    • Exon. Th. 136, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 535.
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v. sǽ-næss and next word.
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v.  næsse ness.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “næss.” 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/23399.

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