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níþ-heard

  • adjective
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Grammar
níþ-heard, adj.
Bold in battle, audacious
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  • Níþheard cyning (Constantine),

    • Elen. Kmbl. 389
    • ;
    • El. 195
    • : (Beowulf ),
    • Beo. Th. 4826
    • ;
    • B. 2417.
  • Ðá wearþ sum tó ðæs árod ðara beadorinca, ðæt hé in ðæt búrgeteld níþheard néðde,

    • Judth. Thw. 25, 25
    • ;
    • Jud. 277.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. Nídhart (proper name).
]
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  • níþ-heard, adj.