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nágan

  • verb [ preterite-present ]
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Grammar
nágan, = ne ágan.
Wright's OE grammar
§546;
not to have,
Grammar
nágan, with acc.
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  • Náh se sacerd náne þearfe (

    sacerdoti non opus est

    ),

    ðæt hé forwyrne ðam men rihtre andetnysse,

    • L. Ecg. P. i. 2
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 172, 11.

  • Gif hé náh his selfes geweald,

    • Met. 16, 21.

  • Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft,

    • Exon. Th. 364, 29
      • ;
    • Wal. 78.

  • Ðeáh ðú hí nǽfre náhtest,

    • Bt. 14, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 44, 1.

  • Hé náhte his líchoman geweald,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 11.

  • Náhton hié náðer ne mete ne freónd,

    • Ors. 2, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 92, 34.

  • Sí on cynges dóme hwæðer hé líf áge ðe náge,

    • L. Eth. vii. 9
      • ;
    • Th. i. 330, 25.
Grammar
nágan, with gen.
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  • Nágan wé ðæs heolstres, ðæt wé ús gehýdan mágon,

    • Cd. Th. 271, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 101.
not to be allowed, ought not
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  • Náh náðer tó farenne ne Wylisc man on Ænglisc land, ne Ænglisc man on Wylisc,

    • L. O. P. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 354
      • ;
    • 23.

  • Náge hé hié út on elþeódig folc tó bebycgganne

    it shall not be allowable for him to sell her abroad into a foreign people,

    • L. Alf. 12
      • ;
    • Th. i. 46, 13.

  • On ða gerád ðæt hine náge nán man of tó áceápienne,

    • Chart. Th. 151, 13.

  • Ðæt hit náge nán man fram ðære stówe tó dǽlanne,

    • 157, 6.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nágan.” 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/23414.

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