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níw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
níw-líc, adj.

Newfresh

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New, fresh Bearn ðíne swá swá nýwlícra elebergena filii tui sicut nouellae oliuarum, Ps. Lamb. 127, 3

níw-tirwed

(adj.)

new-tarred

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new-tarred Flotan níwtyrwdne, Beo. Th. 595; B. 295

nyt-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nyt-líc, adj.

Usefulprofitablebeneficial

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Useful, profitable, beneficial Ǽghwæðer ( the male and female pennyroyal ) ys nytlíc (MS. H. netlíc) . . . and hí on him habbaþ wundorlíce mihte, Lchdm. i. 204, 11. Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for

searu-net

(n.)
Grammar
searu-net, searu-nett, es; n.
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an armour-net, or a net ingeniously wrought, a coat of mail On him byrne scán, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. a net of treachery or guile, a net (metaph.), a snare, wile Mé elþeódige inwitwrásne, searonet seóþaþ, Andr. Kmbl

bi-noten

(v.; part.)

deprived

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deprived, Exon. 45 b; Th. 156, 10; Gú. 872; Similar entries pp. of bi-neótan

bírg-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bírg-nes, -ness

a taste

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a taste, Cot. 97

bitter-nes

(n.)

bitterness

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bitterness, Scint. 61

bláwen-nys

(n.)
Grammar
bláwen-nys, -nyss, e; f.

A blowing or puffing up, a windy swellinginflatio, sufflatio

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A blowing or puffing up, a windy swelling; inflatio, sufflatio

blind-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blind-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

BLINDNESScæcitas

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BLINDNESS; cæcitas Ðá ge blindnesse bóte forségon when ye renounced the remedy of blindness, Elen. Kmbl. 777; El. 389: Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 28; Gú. 600. Ofer hyra heortan blindnesse super cæcitate cordis eorum, Mk. Bos. 3, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 597; El. 299

geornful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
geornful-nes, giornful-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotionsollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio

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Eagerness, diligence, earnestness, zeal, fervour, devotion; sollertia, dīlĭgentia, industria, fervor, devōtio Sió geornfulnes [giornfulnes, MS. Hat.] eorþlícra þinga ablent ðæs módes eágan mid ðære costunga the eagerness for earthly things blinds the

Linked entry: eornfullnes

ge-nág

Grammar
ge-nág, or -nag[?] incumbens [Grn.],

urgens

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urgens [Ettm.], Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 38, 40; Reim. 57, 58

Linked entry: -nág

ge-nýh

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-nýh, adj.

Near

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Near Gif twegen genýhe magas [genýhe-magas, Th. cf. neáh-mæg] if two near kinsmen, L. E. and G. 4; Th. i. 168, 19

þreá-níd

(n.)
Grammar
þreá-níd, es; n.: e; f.

Force or compulsion that punishes or causes miseryaffliction that comes from punishment

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Force or compulsion that punishes or causes misery, affliction that comes from punishment Ic hit leng ne mæg helan for hungre; is ðes hæft tó ðan strang, þreánýd ðæs þearl this imprisonment is so hard, so severe the pain of my punishment, Elen. Kmbl.

un-néh

Similar entry: un-neáh

un-net

Similar entry: un-nyt

un-nyt

(n.)
Grammar
un-nyt, un-nytt, e; f.

Ill usedisadvantagehurt

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Ill use, disadvantage, hurt Gif hié ða trumnesse ðære Godes giefe him tó unnytte (-nyte, Hatt. MS.) gehweorfaþ si incolumitatis gratiam ad usum nequitiae inclinent, Past. 36; Swt. 246, 8. Ic andette eal ðæt ic ǽfre mid eágum geseáh tó gítsunge oððe tó

æþel-nes

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Seó æþelnes heora gebyrda, Gr. D. 151, 22. Túddres æþelnes. Bl. H. 115, 10. Beorht mid eorðlicere æðelnysse, Shrn. 151, 18. Þú leórest tó þǽre upplican eþelnesse, 119, 30. Add

andet-nes

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Ðurh ondetnesse, Past. 367, 6. Wé byddaþ þé ꝥ þú sylle andetnysse Gode, Nic. 10, 28. Mid andetnessum eallra þǽra mǽrða, Hml. S. 25, 505. Add

ǽwisc-nys

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Add: Shamelessness, impudence Ǽwyscnes inpu-dentia , An. Ox. 4306. Ǽwisnes, obscenitas , 4, 69. On ǽwiscnesse in propatulo , Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 16: 46, 57. Ǽwiscnessum (ǽswic-?) opprobrium , Ps. L. 122, 4

árleás-nes

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Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, Wlfst. 59, 16. Hwilc mán and hwilce árleásnesse se unrihtwísa cásere worhte, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 2. Add