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nebb

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
nebb, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§292; §356;
a neb (dialect.), nib, a beak, a beak-shaped thing
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  • Neb

    rostrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 25.
  • Ðæt nebb (

    of the Phænix

    )

    líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim,

    • Exon. Th. 218, 24
    • ;
    • Ph. 299.
  • Neb (

    of a ship

    ),
    • 392, 1
    • ;
    • Rä. 11, 1.
  • Neb (

    of a plough

    ),
    • 403, 1
    • ;
    • Rä. 22, 1.
  • Nebb (

    of a rake

    ),
    • 416, 23
    • ;
    • Rä. 35, 3.
  • Neb (

    of a musical instrument

    ),
    • 413, 16
    • ;
    • Rä. 32, 6.
  • Ic (

    a key

    )

    bregde nebbe,

    • 498, 6
    • ;
    • Rä. 87, 8.
  • Ic (

    a helm

    )

    hæbbe heard nebb,

    • 489, 29
    • ;
    • Rä. 79, 1.
a nose, the gristle of the nose
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  • Neb

    internasum (cf. nose gristle internasus,

    • 43, 20
    • ),
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 50.
  • Gif mon óðrum ðæt neb (nebb, MSS. B. H.: næb, MS. G.) of ásleá, gebéte him mid. lx. sciłł.,

    • L. Alf. Pol. 48
    • ;
    • Th. i. 94, 8.
the face, countenance
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  • Neb

    facies,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 51 :

    vultus,

    • Hpt. Gl. 475. 6.
  • Hys nebb (

    facies

    )

    wæs mid swátlíne gebunden,

    • Jn. Skt. 11, 44.
  • Neb,

    • Met. 31, 23.
  • Be blǽdrum ðe on mannes nebbe sittaþ ... smyre ðæt neb mid,

    • Lchdm. i. 86, 5-8.
  • Mid ðam wlitegostan nebbe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 430, 14.
  • Ðonne wé wendaþ úre neb tó eástdǽle,

    • 262, 10: ii. 102, 26.
  • Heó helode hire nebb (

    vultum

    ),
    • Gen. 38, 15 : Ex. 3, 6.
  • Spǽte ðæt wíf on his nebb (

    faciem

    ),
    • Deut. 25, 9: Num. 12, 14.
  • Ðá forceáw hé his ágene tungan and wearp hine on ðæt neb foran (

    in os tyranni abjecit

    ),
    • Bt. 16, 2
    • ;
    • Bt. 52, 25.
  • Hý habbaþ twá neb on ánum heáfde

    duas in uno habentes capite facies,

    • Nar. 35, 24.
Etymology
[
Icel. nef (gen. pl. nefja) the nose ; the beak of a bird.
]
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