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nóþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nóþ, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§595;
temerity, presumption, boldness, daring
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  • Ðú sylfa meaht gecnáwan ðæt ic ðisse nóþe wæs nýde gebǽded ðæt ic ðé sóhte

    thyself may'st know, that I was by need compelled to the presumption of visiting thee,

    • Exon. Th. 263, 1
    • ;
    • Jul, 343.
an adventurous band (?)
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  • Semninga on sealtne wǽg mid ða nóþe ( the sailors who have landed on the whale thinking it an island) niþer gewíteþ gársecges gæst (the whale ),

    • 361, 31
    • ;
    • Wal. 28.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. nand temeritas, praesumtio.
]
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v. néþan.
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  • nóþ, n.