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neótan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
neótan, niótan; p. neát, pl. nuton
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §493;
To enjoy, have the benefit of, make use of,
Grammar
neótan, with gen.
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  • Brúc ðisses beáges and ðisses hrægles neót,

    • Beo. Th. 2439
      • ;
    • B. 1217.

  • Niótaþ inc ðæs óðres ealles

    all other take for your use,

    • Cd. Th. 15. 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 235.

  • Lífes, feores neótan

    to live.

    Hwylc is manna ðæt feores neóte

    quis est homo, qui vivet,

    • Ps. Th. 88, 41 : Exon. Th. 328,14
      • ;
    • Vy. 17.

  • Niótan,

    • Cd. Th. 31, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 486 : 26, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 401.

  • Mínes éðelríces eádig neótan,

    • Exon. Th. 89, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 1462 : 223, 18
      • ;
    • Ph. 361 : 356, 14
      • ;
    • Pa. 11.

  • Geofona neótan,

    • 225, 5
      • ;
    • Ph. 384 : 152, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 804.

  • Willum neótan blǽdes and blissa,

    • 184, 21
      • ;
    • Gú. 1347 : 82, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 1344.

  • Ðæt hé ðær brúcan mót wonges mid willurn, and welan neótan lífes and lissa,

      208, 2 ; Ph. 149.

  • Sécan swegles dreámas and (ðara dreáma) willum neótan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1620
      • ;
    • An. 811.

  • Wǽpna neótan

    to make good use of his weapons,

    • Byrht. Th. 140, 55
      • ;
    • By. 308
      • .
with acc.
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  • Ic ðé on ða fægran foldan gesette tó neótenne neorxna wonges beorhtne blǽdwelan,

    • Exon. Th. 85, 14
      • ;
    • Cri. 1391.
Etymology
[
Goth. niutan
:
O. Sax. niotan
:
O. Frs. niata
:
Icel. njóta
:
O. H. Ger. niuzan (with gen. and acc.) uti, frui.
]
Similar entries
v. be-, (bi-)neótan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “neótan.” 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/23575.

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