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  • Hé mid swá lytle níþe ábræc Rómebyrg, ꝥ hé bebeád ꝥ mon nǽnne mon ne sláge. Ors. 6,

      38; S. 296, 30.
  • Ne trúwige nán man be ælmesdǽdum bútan lufe; for ðan ðe swá lange swá hé hylt ðone sweartan níð on his heortan, ne mæg hé God gegladian. Hml. Th. i. 54, 13.
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  • Hé wearð ácweald mid þý áttre his ágnes níþes

    (malitiae)

    ,
      Gr. D. 187, 6.

  • Hú mycelne níþ hí hæfdon menniscum cynne æteówed

    unusquisque quantum nequitiae egisset,

      189, 11.

  • Æfestum onǽled, oferhygda ful, níþum, nearowrencum,

      Mód. 44.
  • Forlǽtan wé morðor and oferhýdyg and æfeste, . . . níðas and nearoþancas. Verc. Först. 94, 3.

  • Ne morðor tó begangenne, ne níðas tó fremmanne,

      Wlfst. 253, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “níþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/55965.

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