nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Any kind of serpent, adder, viper Nædre gipsa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 55 : natrix, 97, 36 : 60, 77. Snaca oððe nædre coluber, 16, 75. Gerumpenu, gehyrnedu nædre coluber cerastis. 15, 68 : 16, 2. Mé nædre beswác, Cd. Th. 55, 20; Gen. 897.
nædre
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and add Cóm of ðǽm wætre án nǽdre, seó wæs ungemetlíce micel ( serpens mirae magnitudinis ), and þá men ealle ofslóg þe néh ðǽm wætre cóman, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 4. Sió nǽdre . . . lǽrde Euan on wóh.
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
mere-nǽdre
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Merenǽddre murex. An. Ox. 18 b, 56. Add
næder-wyrt
Adder-wort ⬩ polygonum bistorta ⬩ adderwort
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Adder-wort; polygonum bistorta Nædderwyrt uiperina, Wülck. Gl. 300, 23. Nædrewyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man uiperinam and óðrum naman nædderwyrt nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 96, 11. Nædderwyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man basilisca and óðrun naman nædder- (næddre-, MS. O) wyrt nemneþ
nǽdl
A needle
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A needle Nǽdl acus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 4 : Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 18. Hwanon seámere nǽdl unde sartori acus, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 33. Þurh nǽdle (nédle, Rush.) eáge per foramen acus, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 24 : Lk. Skt. 18, 25. Þurh nǽdle þyrel, Mk. Skt. 10, 25
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
næsse
A headland ⬩ promontory ⬩ cape
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A headland, promontory, cape Óþ ða norþmestan næssan on eorþan to the most northerly cape on earth, Met. 9, 43. Næssun (-an ?) litora, Germ. 400, 488
nǽmere
Similar entry: duguþ-nǽmere
næder-winde
adder-wort
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The name of a plant, adder-wort Næddrewinde viperina, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 26
mere-næddra
A sea-adder ⬩ a lamprey
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A sea-adder, a lamprey Merenæddra murena vel murina vel lampreda, Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 65. Myre-næddra, 77, 72. Merenædre, ii. 59, 23
næder-bíta
An ichneumon
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An ichneumon Næderbíta hinc neomon ( = ichneumon ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 49. Nædderbíta cicidemon, 131, 40
feax-nǽdel
A hair-needle ⬩ curling-iron ⬩ crisping-pin ⬩ călămistrum ⬩ ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta
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A hair-needle, curling-iron, crisping-pin; călămistrum, ăcus crīnĭbus intorquendis sive crispandis adhĭbĭta Feaxnǽdel călămistrum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 101; Wrt. Voc. 17, 4
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
næder-bíta
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nǽder-bita