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notu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
notu, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §366; §562;
use, profit, advantage
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  • Nittung vel notu

    usus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39.
  • Hæbbe se abbod á mid him gewrit ealra ðæra ǽhta; ðonne seó notu (

    the use of tools, etc.

    )

    on gebróðra gewrixle biþ, sý ðæt gewis á mid ðam abbode, ðæt hé wite, hwæt betǽht sý and hwæt underfangen,

    • R. Ben. 56, 8.
  • Hí tó ðínre note gelǽnde wǽron,

    • Bt. 14, 2
    • ;
    • Fox. 44, 2.
  • Ðæt se man tó note (

    to profit

    )

    wyrcean wille,

    • Btwk. 222, 8.
  • Hit læg wéste and gé his náne note ne hæfdon

    it lay waste and you got no good from it,

    • Ors. 1, 10
    • ;
    • Swt. 48, 25.
  • Gif Drihten tó lytele note and nytwyrðnesse on his heorde angyt,

    • R. Ben. 11, 2.
  • [Se ðe ðaren bróðren note gewanie, God gewani his dages hér on werlde,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 215, 21.
    • ]
an office, employment
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  • Ne nán gehádod man ne sceal him tó geteón ðæt hé Crist spelige ofer his hálgan híréd, búton him seó notu fram Godes láreówum betǽht sý,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 592, 30.
  • Hé geset ðé tó ðære ylcan note (

    to the office of butler

    ),
    • Gen. 40, 13.
  • Ða hwíle ðe hié tó nánre óðerre note ne mǽgen

    while they are fit for no other employment,

    • Past. pref.
    • ;
    • Swt. 7, 12.
  • Ne rǽden gebróðru, ne ne singen be nánre endebyrdnesse, ac ða sýn gecorene tó ðære note, ðe hit dón cunnon,

    • R. Ben. 63, 6 : 49, 18.
  • Cristes gespelia hé is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt,

    • 10, 12.
  • Ealne dæg hí fleardiaþ and nǽnige note dreógaþ

    they trifle all day, and exercise no useful employ- ment,

    • L. I. P. 14
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 322, 25.
  • On eallum betǽhtum notum,

    • R. Ben. 29, 5.
the discharge of an office, conduct of business
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  • Gif hit beón mæg swylc notu þurh decanonas on mynstre sý gefadod ... ðæt ná nán ǽnlípig ne módige ðonne mynstres notu manegum biþ betǽht

    if possible, let such a conducting of its business by deans be arranged in the monastery, that no single person grow proud, when the conduct of business is committed to many,

    • 125, 8-11.
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. note profit, use
:
O. and N. note office
:
Chauc. note business
:
Prompt. Parv. note opus, occupacio
:
O. Frs. note usus
:
cf. Icel. not; pl. use, utility.
]
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