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§5; §90; §174; §264; §434; §620;
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not existing before, now made, or
brought into existence, for the first time
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  • Ealdere timbrunga bóte instructio, níwe timbrung

    constructio,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 59.

  • Sele níwe,

      Gú. 714.

  • Þá(

    at the creation of Adam)

    wæs fruma níwe ælda túdres . . . : fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, 795.

  • Adam . . . neorxna wonges níwre gesceafte hyrde,

      Gen. 171.

  • God geswác þá þǽre níwan gesceapennysse

    requievit Deus a novarum conditione creaturarum,

      Angl. vii. 4, 22.

  • Gif mon on níwne weall unástíðodne micelne hróf onsett,

      Past. 383, 32.

  • Hé getimbreð eardwíc níwe,

      Ph. 431.

  • Níwe flódas Nóe oferláð,

      Exod. 362.

  • Hié níwa ceastra timbredon, Ors. 1. 10; S. 48, 9. I a.

    of a kind now first invented or introduced :-- Níwe nihtweard (the pillar of fire )

    sceolde wícian ofer weredum,
      Exod. 116.
not previously known.
of things spoken or heard
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  • Swég úp ástág níwe,

      B. 783.

  • Þás níwan spel ic þé ealle in cartan áwríte,

      Nar. 3, 17.
of feelings, experiences, events, &c.
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  • Wæs him níwe gefeá befolen in fyrhðe,

      El. 195.

  • Longe neótan níwra gefeána,

      Gú. 805.
of things or persons
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  • Ne byð god on þé níwe geméted, ne þú fremedne God gebiddest,

      Ps. Th. 80, 9.

  • Hí offrodon . . . þám godum þe hí ne cúðon; níwe cómun þe hira fæderas ne wurðodon,

      Deut. 32, 17.
coming as a resumption or
repetition of some previous act or thing
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  • On þǽm æfterran gére gelǽrdan Rómána biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr ealde gedydan, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 2. III a.

    restored after demolition, decay, disappearance, &c.

    :-- Feorh bið níwe, þonne hé his líc, þæt ǽr líg fornóm, somnað,
      Ph. 266.

  • Þá ealdan forþ gewitun, and efne hí wǽrun gewordene níwe,

      An. Ox. 40, 36.
  • ¶ applied to the moon :-- Gyf se móna byð ǽr ǽfenne fram ðǽre sunnan geedníwod, hé byð þonne sóna æfter sunnan setlgange níwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266, 4.

  • Wé cweðað níwne mónan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe,

      242, 15.

  • Ꝥ geár hæfð twelf níwe monan,

      248, 25.
other than the former or old, different from that previously existing, known, or used
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  • Bið ús geset níwe nama; swá swá se wítega cwæð, 'God gecígð his ðeówan óðrum naman.' Eft se ylca wítega cwæð,' Þú bist gecíged níwum naman,' Hml. Th. i. 96, 27-29.

  • Áfeormudre þæs ealdan lífes yfelnesse on níwre geleáfan gyfe wé gangað,

      An. Ox. 40, 25.

  • Bibod niówe (níua,

      L. ) ic sello iów, Jn. R. 13, 34. IV a. of
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with demonstrative
se to distinguish the thing spoken of from something old, or already existing, of the same kind.
of institutions, practices, &c.
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  • Ðǽre níua (neówe, R. ) gewitnesse

    noui testamenti,

      Mt. L. 26, 28.

  • Nalæs ꝥ an ꝥ hé gýmenne dyde þǽre níwan cyricean þe of Angelcynne gesomnad wæs, ac swylce eác þára yldra bígengena Brytta and Scotta,

      Bd. 2, 4 ; Sch. 127, 12.

  • Se godspellere wæs fæstnung ǽgþer ge þǽre ealdan ǽ ge þǽre níwan,

      Bl. H. 163, 25.

  • Hé hié mid þǽm ilcan wrence beswác þe hé æt heora ǽrran gemétingge dyde, and eác mid þǽm níwan þe hié ǽr ne cúðon,

      Ors. 4, 9 ; S. 188, 33.
with things, places, or persons
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  • Cóm Hasterbal se níwa cyning,

      Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 176, 33.

  • Þá Scipia hæfde gefaren tó ðǽre níwan byrig Cartaina,

      4, 10; S. 196, 33.
of recent origin or growth, that has not yet existed long
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  • Níwes

    recentis (paradisi),

      An. Ox. 688.

  • Ic tiohhie þæt hió þæs níwan taman náuht ne gehicgge,

      Met. 13, 26.

  • Heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman,

      Bt. 25; F. 88, 12.

  • Níwe sibbe,

      B. 949.

  • Caelf niówe vitulum novellum, Ps. Srt. 68, 32. VI a. of articles of food or drink,

    freshly made, produced, or grown, belonging to the fresh crop or growth

    :-- Mid neówum ele gemencged,
      Lch. i. 350, 2.

  • Gé etað ealde mettas oð eów níwe cumon, Lev. 26, 10. VI b.

    recently made, not yet used or worn, still unimpaired by use

    :-- Heó wæsceð his wárig hrægl, and him syleð wǽde níwe,
      Gn. Ex. 99.

  • Hé forð bringð of his goldhorde níwe þing and ealde,

      Mt. 13, 52.
having but recently come into a certain state, position, or relationship
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  • Níwe heofonlic

    neotericus uranii, celestis nouus,

      Hpt. 31, 13, 303.

  • Ne aron gié gestas and níwe cumo (advenę), Rtl. 82, 30. VII a. new to a thing, inexperienced in :-- Níwe on geleáfan

    neophitus,

      Hpt. 31, 13, 304.

  • Eall þás þing þǽre níwan þeóde Ongelcynne on Godes geleáfan gedafenað cúð habban quae omnia rudi Anglorum genti oportet haberi comperta, Bd. 1. 27; Sch. 76, 21. VII b. inexperienced, unskilled, rude :-- Níwum gebúrum

    rudibus colonis.

      An. Ox. 11, 88.
used substantively
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  • Wénst þú ꝥ hit hwæt níwes sié,

      Bt. 7, 2 ; F. 16, 27.

  • Hwæthwegu níwes and seldcúþes,

      34, 4 ; F. 138, 29.

  • Gelamp þé áht (ǽnig þing

    v. l. )

    níwes ?,
      Gr. D. 4, 2.

  • Hwæt ic yrmða gebád . . . níwes oððe ealdes,

      Kl. 4.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “níwe.” 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/55996.

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