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nebbian

  • verb [ weak ]
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nebbian, p. ode
To turn the face towards anyone (?), to retort upon anyone (?)
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  • Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum, and cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelica.' Ac se apostol Paulus hine nebbaþ mid ðisum wordum (

    retorts upon him, meets him, with these words

    ) :

    ' Ne brohte wé nán þing tó ðisum middangearde, ne wé nán þing heonon mid ús lǽdan ne mágon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 256, 7-12.
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