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nimþe

  • conjunction
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Grammar
nimþe, nemþe, nymþe; conj.
Unless, except
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  • Nimþe

    nisi,

    • Wülck. Gl. 249, 9.

  • Nimþe wén wǽre

    ni forsan,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 4 : 93. 3.
Grammar
nimþe, connecting clauses
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  • Ne hine mon on óðre wísan his béne týþigean wolde, nemþe hé Cristes geleáfan onfénge,

    • Bd. 3, 21
      • ;
    • S. 550, 43.

  • Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn ácýðan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne,

    • Exon. Th. 293, 9
      • ;
    • Wand. 113.

  • Nymþe mé Drihten gefultumede, wénincga mín sáwl sóhte helle,

    • Ps. Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321
      • ;
    • B. 1657.
Grammar
nimþe, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed)
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  • Nǽnig óðerne freóþ in fyrhþe, nimþe feára hwylc (freóþ),

    • Fragm. Kmbl. 71
      • ;
    • Leas. 37.

  • Næs monna gemet, ne mægen engla ðæt eów mihte helpan, nimþe Hǽlend God,

    • Cd. Th. 295, 27
      • ;
    • Sat. 493.

  • Nǽniges Godes háligra gebyrd ciricean ne mǽrsiaþ, nemþe Cristes sylfes and ðyses Johannes,

    • Blickl. Homl. 161, 11.

  • Ne wé ús náht elles newénden nemþe deáþes sylfes,

    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 613, 26.

  • Unc gemǽne ne sceal elles áwiht nymþe lufu langsumu,

    • Cd. Th. 114, 17
      • ;
    • Gen. 1905 : 252, 8
      • ;
    • Dan. 575.

  • Nis ðé wiðerbreca man on moldan, nymþe Metod ána,

    • 251, 22
      • ;
    • Dan. 567.

  • Hwá is ðæt ðé cunne, nymþe éce God,

    • 266, 7
      • ;
    • Sat. 18.

  • Nis nǽnig swá snotor, nymþe God seolfa,

    • 286, 11
      • ;
    • Sat. 350.

  • Ic nǽngum sceþþe nymþe bonan ánum,

    • Exon. Th. 407, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 26, 3.

  • Nabbaþ wé tó hyhte nymþe cyle and fýr,

    • Cd. Th. 285, 10
      • ;
    • Sat. 335.

  • Eaforan syndon deáde nymþe feá áne,

    • 128, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 2134.
Similar entries
Cf. nefne.
Linked entries
v.  nemþe.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nimþe.” 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/23758.

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