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neáh-west

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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neáh-west, -wist, e; f. : es; m.
nearness, neighbourhood
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  • Hé ne dorste his neáwiste geneálǽcan

    he dare not come into his neighbourhood,

    • Homl. Th. i. 88, 21.
  • Ungewuniendlíc for ðære sunnan neáweste

    uninhabitable on account of the nearness of the sun,

    • Lchdm. iii. 260, 21.
  • On ðære neáwiste næs nán wæterscipe,

    • Jud. 15, 18.
  • In ðara neáwiste

    in quorum vicinia,

    • Bd. 5, 14
    • ;
    • S. 634, 28.
  • Hig on neáwiste (

    in vicino

    )

    eardodon,

    • Jos. 9, 16: Elen. Kmbl. 133
    • ;
    • El. 67.
  • Wæs ðǽr on neáweste (

    in proximo

    )

    hús,

    • Bd. 4, 24
    • ;
    • S. 598, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 197, 20: Chr. 924
    • ;
    • Erl. 110, 13.
  • Ðá wícode se cyng on neáweste ðare byrig,

    • 896
    • ;
    • Erl. 94, 5.
  • Swá feala earmra manna swá on ðæs rícanneáweste sweltaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 53, 5.
  • Ða ðe on hire neáwiste lifgeaþ,

    • 43, 2.
  • Ne [mágon] húse ðínum on neáweste náhwǽr sceþþan

    flagella non appropiabunt tabernaculo tuo,

    • Ps. Th. 90, 10.
  • Ealle ða wǽpnedmen ðe him on neáweste wǽron,

    • Ors. 1, 10
    • ;
    • Swt. 46, 2.
  • Ealle ða rícu ðe him under beóþ oððe on neáweste,

    • Bt. 16, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 50, 3.
  • Tó ðæs ríces neáwiste belimpeþ seó stów

    ad cujus vicina pertinet locus ille,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 630, 22.
the being with another, presence, society, fellowship
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  • Hwæt is betere ðonne ðæs cyninges folgaþ and his neáwest (cf. ðæs cyninges geférrǽden, l. 2)

    what is better than to serve and be with the king ?

    • Bt. 29, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 102, 7.
  • Hwelc is ǽngum men máre daru ðonne hé hæbbe on his geférrǽdenne and on his néweste feónd on freóndes anlícnesse,

    • 29, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 106, 14.
  • Þincþ his neáwist (

    the presence of the dead body

    )

    láþlíco and unfæger,

    • Blickl. Homl. 111, 30.
  • Ne cume he ná on ðæs cyninges neáwiste (ansýne, MS. H.),

    • L. Edm. E. 3
    • ;
    • Th. i. 246, 3.
  • Se sacerd démde ðæt hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste

    the priest judged that he (the leper) should be separated from the society of men,

    • Homl. Th. i. 124, 25.
  • Hé férde tó folces neáwiste and bodade,

    • 352, 11.
  • From alre néweste geleáfulra sýn heó ásceádene,

    • Chart. Th. 29, 19.
  • Mid ðý ic wæs him on neáwiste, hé ðus wæs sprecende,

    • Bd. 3, 13
    • ;
    • S. 538, 23.
  • Forlǽt mec englas geniman on ðínne neáwest (

    into thy presence

    ),
    • Exon. Th. 455, 13
    • ;
    • Hy. 4, 49.
  • Ic forboden ǽlcon bisceope and mæssepreóste ðæt hig nánes wífmannes neáweste mid him næbbon (

    ne mulieris alicujus societatem secum habeant

    ),
    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 6
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 198, 8.
  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig preóst ne lufige wífmanna neáwiste,

    • L. Edg. c. 60
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 256, 21.
  • Hí wífes neáwiste forléton,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 1
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 342, 14 : Homl. Skt. 10, 204.
  • Libia and Agrippina wurdon swá gelýfede ðæt hí forbugon heora wera neáwiste,

    • Homl. Th. i. 374, 33.
  • Ne can ðara idesa ówðer þurh gebedscipe beorna neáwist,

    • Cd. Th. 148, 36
    • ;
    • Gen. 2467.
Etymology
[
Laym. ne-, neo-weste (-uste)
:
Icel. ná-vist presence
:
O. H. Ger. náh-wist praesentia.
]
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v.  né-west.
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