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  • adverb
  • conjunction
  • interjection
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Wright's OE grammar
§131;
Grammar
nú, adv.
Now, at this time
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  • nunc vel modo,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 70.
  • Ǽr oððe

    dudum,

    • ii. 27, 56.
  • nunc,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 39, 59.
  • Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan, ðe (

    modo

    )

    hás ys for hreáme,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29.
  • Hú him ðá speów mid wísdóme ... and hú man útanbordes wísdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte,and hú wé hié sceoldon úte begietan gif wé hié habban sceoldon,

    • Past. Pref.
    • ;
    • Swt. 3, 8-13.
  • Understandaþ, ðæt deófol ðás þeóde fela geára dwelode,

    • Wulfst. 156, 8.
  • Babylonia, seó ðe mǽst wæs and ǽrest ealra burga, seó is læst and wéstast,

    • Ors. 2, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 74, 23.
  • Nǽron náðer góde ne ðá, ne ,

    • 2, 5
    • ;
    • Swt. 86, 12.
  • Wá eów ðe hlihaþ, forðon gé eft wépaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 25, 23.
  • Ðú meaht geseón gén (

    still

    )

    swátge wunde,

    • Exon. Th. 89, 17
    • ;
    • Cri. 1458 : Beo. Th. 5711
    • ;
    • B. 2859.
  • Micel is géna lád ofer lagustreám,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 844
    • ;
    • An. 422 : 950
    • ;
    • An. 475.
  • gyt (

    adhuc

    )

    lytel fæc and ná biþ synfull,

    • Ps. Spl. 36, 10.
  • giet,

    • Ors. 2, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 76, 1.
  • Ne þearft ðú ðé ondrǽdan feorhcwealm giet (

    as yet

    ),
    • Cd. Th. 63, 26
    • ;
    • Gen. 1038.
  • Ic wát manig gyt micel mǽre spell,

    • Andr. Kntbl. 1628
    • ;
    • An. 815.
  • Ðás tácno ðe ic hwíle big sægde

    the signs that I have just now spoken of,

    • Blickl. Homl. l09, 6.
  • Hé nú hwonne (

    quandoque

    )

    biþ on wuldre árísende,

    • Bd. 2, 1
    • ;
    • S. 500, 16.
  • Swá swá wé rihte

    (straightway, directly)

    secgaþ,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 15
    • ;
    • Som. 17, 53.
  • Futurum tempus

    is tówerd tíd,

  • stabo

    ic stande rihte,

    • 20
    • ;
    • Som. 23, 9.
  • Modo

    ðá oððe hwíltídum,

    • 38
    • ;
    • Som. 41, 37.
  • ðá

    nunc,

    • Ps. Spl. 11, 5.
  • Ðǽr sitt ðá mid his hálgum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 182, 30 : Beo. Th. 857
    • ;
    • B. 426 : Cd. Th. 51, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 831.
Grammar
nú, conj.
Now, since, when
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  • ðonne nú ǽlc gesceaft onscunaþ ðæt ðæt hire wiðerweard biþ

    since, then, every creature shuns that which is contrary to it,

    • Bt. 16, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 56, 4 : Ors. 2, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 74, 26.
  • Ðeáh hí eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon ... hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu ðeáh

    now though they had written all their life, yet would not the writings wax old?

    • Bt. 18, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 64, 36.
  • Forhwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor, ðú náne eart,

    • 30, 1
    • ;
    • Fox 108, 2.
  • Ond (

    since

    )

    ðeós hálige tíd englum tó blisse wearþ, ðonne ...,

    • Blickl. Homl. 123, 1.
  • Wé mágon geþencean, (

    since

    )

    ða sint Godes bearn genemned ðe sibbe wyrcaþ,

    • Past. 47
    • ;
    • Swt. 359, 12.
  • Hú mæg hé hira bión orsorg, (

    when

    )

    se hierde cwæþ,

    • 54
    • ;
    • Swt. 427, 5.
  • . . . ( in principal and dependent clauses ) : -- Wé wyllaþ eów gereccan óðres mannes gesihþe se apostol Paulus his gesihþe mannum ámeldian ne móste,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 332, 26 : Cd. Th. 26, 8-9
    • ;
    • Gen. 403-404 : Beo. Th. 857-865
    • ;
    • B. 426-430.
  • Ðonne is tó geþencenne on ðás hálgan tíd, wé úrne líchoman clǽnsiaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 39, 1.
  • ic sceal geendian earmlícum deáþe, wolde ic gebétan,

    • Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 205.
  • ðonne nú ða líchomlícan lǽcas ðus scyldige gerehte sint, is tó ongietanne ... ,

    • Past. 49
    • ;
    • Swt. 377, 21.
Grammar
nú, interj.
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  • is seóc se ðe ðú lufast

    ecce quem amas infirmatur,

    • Jn. Skt. 11, 3.
  • Sume syndon ortativa . . . heia lá, age lá; ðis is eác menigfealdlíce, agite gé lá,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 40, 27-28.
  • age jam,

    • Wülck. Gl. 252, 43.
Etymology
[
Goth. Icel. O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. nu, .
]
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  • nú, adv.; con.; int.