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(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Grammar , adv. Now, at this time 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.

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Hwæþer ꝥ sié tó talianne wáclic . . . ?, Bt. 24, 4; F. 86, 14-16. with preposition Oð usque nunc, Ps. Srt. 70, 17. Add , ic secge eów ecce prædixi vobis, Mt. 28, 7

efne-nú

(int.)
Grammar
efne-nú, interj.

Behold nowecce

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Behold now; ecce Efnenú ge-eácnode unrihtwísnesse ecce partŭrit injustĭtia, Ps. Lamb. 7, 15

nú-hwílum

(adv.)
Grammar
nú-hwílum, adv.
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Nowadays, at present Þá þingeras þingiaþ núhwílum þǽm ðe lǽssan þearfe áhton nunc contra faciunt oratores. Bt. 38, 7; F. 208, 26. Cf. ǽr-, geó-hwílum

nu-seóþa

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newe-seóða

Grammar
newe-seóða, niwe-, nu-seóða, an; m.

The pit of the belly

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The pit of the belly Be ðam nafolan and bæcþearme and neweseóðan, Lchdm. ii. 232, 1. Niweseóðan, 164, 8. Sió biþ on ða swíðran sídan áþened óþ ðone neweseóðan, 198, 1 : 242, 19 : 258, 6. Nuseóðan, 160, 12

(adv.)
Grammar
ná, <b>, ;</b> adv.

Nonotnon

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Ðæt ðás láreówas ne sceolan Godes dómas náwðer ne wanian, ne ne écan, 81, 4. Ne wandige se mæssepreóst for ríces mannes ege, 43, 9. Nǽron gé mín gemunende, ne geþohton, Past. 21; Swt. 151, 21. Swá nán óðer déþ, Menol.

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ne

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
ne, The word often occurs with other negatives.

NotnonnenonayNorneithernenequenec

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Grammar ne, adv. Not; non, ne Ic ne dyde non feci, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 13. Nis hit swá hit nys non, non, 40, 23. Warna ðæt ðú ðæt ne dó cave ne hoc facias, 40, 9. Hwí forbeád God eów, ðæt gé ne ǽton of ǽlcum treówe? Gen. 3, 1.

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ne

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Ðeáh ic ðis recce, (ne, v.l. ) tǽle ic micel weorc, 41, 2. Add Ðonne ne léten hié hié eallinga on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum áwecggan, Past. 306, 4

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ná, <b>. I.</b>
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Ne gefiólle hé (nǽfre, v. l. ) on swǽ opene scylde, Past. 235, 2. Ne gewurðe hit on lífe, Hml. S. 25, 660. <b>II b.

né-

(prefix)
Grammar
né-, neá-, neád.

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ní-

(prefix)

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(n.; v.; adj.; adv.; prefix)

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ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothingnaughta thing of no valuean evil thingnot

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Ne ðæt tó náhte nyt ne biþ it is to no purpose, Blickl. Homl. 57, 5. Hig tellaþ mín wedd for náht irritum facient pactum meum, Deut. 31, 20. For náhtum pro nihilo, Ps. Lamb. 80, 15.

lytes-ná

(adv.)
Grammar
lytes-ná, lytes-ne, lytest-ne; adv.

Almostnearly

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Almost, nearly, within a little Lytesná concedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 49. Lytisná, 14, 65: Ep. Gl. 7 d, 31. Wæs his ríce brád wíd ofer werþeóde lytesná ofer ealne yrmenne grund his realm was broad, wide over mankind, almost over all the world, Exon. 66

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ná-hwǽr

(adv.)
Grammar
ná-hwǽr, -hwár, -wér; adv.

no-wherein no placein no caseneverin no respectnot at all

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no-where, in no place -hwǽr nusquam, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 55. Ðú ne ætstande náhwár on ðisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, Gen. 19, 17. Hé sóhte his wǽpnu, ac hé ne geseah hí náhwǽr, Homl. Skt. 3, 257 : Blickl. Homl. 59, 20 : 181, 23.

Linked entry: á-hwǽr

ná-hwæðer

(con.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðor; conj.

Neither

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Neither Ðá ðá wé hit -hwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon ne eác óðrum monnum ne léfdon when we neither loved it ourselves nor allowed it to other men, Past. Swt. 5, 6.

ná-wiht

Grammar
ná-wiht, <b>. I a.</b>
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Ne frign ðú unc nóhtes má ne ne áxa caue ne no; ulterins scisciíeris, Nar. 32, 6. Ne byþ ꝥ tó náhte that will be good for nothing, Lch. i. 344, 25. Oð hit mid ealle afielð, and tó náuhte wirð, Past. 279, 4. Tó náwuihte, Solil. H. 62, 28.

ná-hwǽr

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ná-hwǽr, <b>. I.</b>
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. :-- Gyf hyt fǽrenga gewurde, nyste ic náhwǽr eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde ( I should not know how on earth to set about it ), Solil. H. 34, 12. Add

ná-hwæþer

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Add: as adjective Náðrum werode ne becymð nǽfre nán ende, Hml. Th. ii. 608, 9. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. <b>I a.