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nosu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nosu, neosu; gen. a and e; also an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §106; §261; §307; §398;
the nose
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  • Nosu

    nasus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 4 : 1. 43, 17 : 64, 48 :

    naris,

    • ii. 60, 37 :

    nasus vel naris,

    • i. 70, 29.
  • Eal ufweard nosu

    columna;

    foreweard nosu

    pirula,

    • 43, 18, 21.
  • Eal nosu

    columna,

    • ii. 16, 49.
  • Nose grystle

    internasus vel interfinium,

    • i. 43, 20.
  • Odoratus

    stænc on ðæra nosa,

    • Homl. Skt. 1, 198.
  • Wið ðæt hwam on nosa (nosan, MS. B.) wexe,

    • Lchdm. i. 116, 11.
  • Se ðe hæfþ miccle nosu

    nasatus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
    • ;
    • Som. 45, 10: Past. 11, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 65, 3-4.
  • Hé hæfþ medemlíce nosu,

    • Homl. i. 456, 18 : 568, 33.
  • Hé hæfde midmycle nosu þynne,

    • Bd. 2, 16
    • ;
    • S. 519, 34.
  • Wið blódryne of nosum,

    • Lchdm. i. 72, 17 : 352, 3.
  • Gif hwylcum weargbrǽde weaxe on ðám nosum,

    • 86, 1.
  • Wé gestincaþ mid úrum nosum,

    • Past. 56
    • ;
    • Swt. 433. 20 : Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 42.
  • Ða telgran habbaþ ǽgðer ge eágon ge nosa (nosan, MS. B.),

    • Lchdm. i. 318, 11.
  • Nose hí habbaþ

    nares habent,

    • Ps. Th. 134, 17 : 113, 14.
a ness, a piece of land projecting into water
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  • Of hliþes nosan,

    • Beo. Th. 3789
    • ;
    • B. 1892.
  • Æt brimes nosan,

    • 5599
    • ;
    • B. 2803.
Etymology
[
Laym. neose, nose
:
O. E. Homl. nease
:
A. R. neose
:
Havel. nese
:
Prompt. Parv. nese, nose
:
Chauc. nose
:
O. Frs. nose
:
Icel. nös
:
O. H. Ger. nasa.
]
Similar entries
Cf. næss, næssa.
Linked entries
v.  nasu nose leþer-hose.
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