nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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God cwæþ tó ðære næddran ( ad serpentem ), Gen. 3, 14. Nædran celidrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 21. Nædran hilidros, i. celidros, 43, 38. Swá swá Moyses áhóf ða næddran . . . Ðá sende God fýrene næddran . . .
nædre
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Ðá wæs Adam . . . ðurh gespan ðǽre nǽddran . . . oferswíðed, Past. 417, 26-29. ' Beó gé swá ware suá suá nǽdran . . . For ðǽm . . . sceal ðǽre nǽdran lytignes . . . ðǽre culfran biliwitnesse gescirpan, 237, 20-23. Nédra (nédre, R.) serpentem Lk.
mere-næddra
A sea-adder ⬩ a lamprey
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Myre-næddra, 77, 72. Merenædre, ii. 59, 23
nǽmere
Similar entry: duguþ-nǽmere
nǽfre
Never
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Never. Grammar nǽfre, alone Nǽfre ætýwde swylc, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 33. Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan, Beo. Th. 500; B. 247. Nǽfre gé mid blóde beódgereordu eówre þicgeaþ, Cd. Th. 91, 26; Gen. 1518. Eádig biþ se ðe in his éþle geþíhþ; earm se him his
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nǽfre
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Sé ðe nǽbre (nǽfre, v. l. ) ne áblinð ungestæððignesse, Past. 71, 3 : 425, 4 : 445, 4. Nǽfra (nǽfræ, R.) numquam Mt. L. 7, 23. Forebeádas nǽfræ gesueriga prohibens omnino jurare Mt. p. 14, 16. Add
mere-nǽdre
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Merenǽddre murex. An. Ox. 18 b, 56. Add
wæter-nædre
A water-snake
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A water-snake Wæternædre anguis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 21 : i. 285, 3: salamandra, 289, 29. Wæternedrum [h]ydris, ii. 97, 2. A watyrnedyre hic idrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 223, 2. A wateradder agguis, 255, 4. Wateraddur vipera, 177, 37 (all 15th cent. )
hilde-nædre
A war-adder, ⬩ an arrow, ⬩ dart, ⬩ warlike missile
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A war-adder, an arrow, dart, warlike missile, Elen. Kmbl. 238; El. 119: 281; 61. 141: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222
duguþ-nǽmere
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One who takes a benefit (as a gloss to municeps, v. duguþ, ) Dugutnaemeras municipes, An. Ox. 7, 62
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næder-wyrt
Adder-wort ⬩ polygonum bistorta ⬩ adderwort
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Ðeós wyrt ðe man basilisca and óðrun naman nædder- (næddre-, MS. O) wyrt nemneþ, 242, 7 : iii. 8, 24. Genim næderwyrte, ii. 110, 25. [v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, adderwort, and Lchdm. ii. Glossary.]
næder-winde
adder-wort
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The name of a plant, adder-wort Næddrewinde viperina, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 26
næder-bíta
An ichneumon
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An ichneumon Næderbíta hinc neomon ( = ichneumon ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 49. Nædderbíta cicidemon, 131, 40
næder-bíta
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nǽder-bita
nǽder-cynn
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A kind of snake Cwóman hornede nǽdran, carastis ꝥ nǽdercyn, Nar. 13, 16. Saga mé hwæt nǽddercynna sí on eorðan. Ic ðé secge, feówer and þrittig. Sal. K. 204, 7. Wið scorpiones stingc and wið ealra nǽddercynna slitas, Lch. i. 304, 18
nǽder-fáh
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Spotted like a snake Inn eóde án grislic deófol. Hé wæs on dracan heówe and eall hé wæs nǽdderfáh, Hml. A. 175, 183
wyrm-galdere
A serpent-charmer ⬩ sorcerer
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A serpent-charmer, sorcerer Hé hét sumne wyrmgaldere micle næddran hire in tó gelǽdan, ðæt seó hí ábítan sceolde. Ðá stód seó fǽmne forð on hire gebede, and seó næddre stód be hire; ðonne seó fǽmne onleát, ðonne onleát seó næddre.
ge-slit
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Add: a bite, sting of a snake Ðyssera nǽddrena geslit eów mihte tó deáðe gebringan, Hml. Th. ii. 490, 4. Gehǽlede fram ðǽra nǽddrena geslite, 240, 12. Wearð án cnapa þurh nǽddran geslit neálíce ádýd . . .
be-gnagan
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ꝥ seó nǽddre hí ábítan sceolde and hire bán be-gnagan, Shrn. 103, 6. Add