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níwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
níwian, p. ode
To renew, renovate, restore
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  • Nú mé Sethes bearn torn níwiaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 76, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 1258.
  • níwade Cnutes lage (v. Freeman's Old English History, p. 241),

    • Chr. 1064
    • ;
    • Erl. 196, 2.
  • Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 35.
  • Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.),

    • Lchdm. i. 192, 15.
  • Burh rǽran, and sele settan, salo níwian,

    • Cd. Th. 113, 3
    • ;
    • Gen. 1881.
  • Sár níwigan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1878
    • ;
    • El. 941.
  • Eft níwige

    emendare,

    • Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 12.
  • Wǽren ǽrendracen, gesend tó Ængla lande tó níwianne ðone geleáfan,

    • Chr. 785
    • ;
    • Erl. 57, 17.
  • Eorþan neówiende anseón

    terrae novas faciem,

    • Hymn. Surt. 97, 34.
Etymology
[
Chauc. newe
:
Goth. ana-niujan
:
O. Sax. níwian
:
O. H. Ger. niuwón, níwón novare.
]
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v. ed-, ge-níwian.
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