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niht-waru

(n.)
Grammar
niht-waru, e; f.

Night-wear

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Night-wear Genóh byþ ðam munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twá cúlan and twegen syricas for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, R. Ben. 90, 4

Linked entry: waru

níwe

(adj.)
Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.

newnot yet usednewrecentnot of long standingnot long madenew (to anything)inexperiencednewnoveldifferent from what has gone before

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Nó on níwan wylme, ac on lancsumere mynsteres drohtnunge, R. Ben. 9, 6. Hé ðone winter mid ðý níwan folce ( the newly converted Frisians ) wunode, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 26. Níwan stefne anew, Cd. Th. 94, 1; Gen. 1555 : Andr. Kmbl. 245; An. 123.

Linked entry: níwung

non

(n.)
Grammar
non, es; m.

The title given to the older by the younger monks

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The title given to the older by the younger monks Ða yldran hyra gingran bróðor nemnen, and ða gingran hyra yldran nonnos (nonas, Wells, Frag.) nemnen, R. Ben. 115, 19

nón-gereord

(n.)
Grammar
nón-gereord, es; n.

A repast after the service of nones

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Ðonne eft æfter heora nóngereorde rǽdan hý eft heora béc, R. Ben. 74, 8

nón-sang

(n.)
Grammar
nón-sang, es; m.

The service held at the ninth hournones

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De officio nonae horae (nónsang), Btwk. 216, 31 : R. Ben. 39, 19 : 40, 7. Nónsang wé singaþ nonam psallimus, Hymn. Surt. 60, 35

Norþ-hymbre

(adj.)
Grammar
Norþ-hymbre, adj.

Northumbrian

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Rdr. 95, 9

Norþ-hymbrisc

(adj.)
Grammar
Norþ-hymbrisc, adj.

Northumbrian

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Rdr. 97. 58

notian

(v.)
Grammar
notian, p. ode.

to make use ofemployenjoyto discharge an office

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R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16

(adv.; con.; int.)

Nowat this timeNowsincewhen

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Rdr. 101, 205. Nú ðonne nú ða líchomlícan lǽcas ðus scyldige gerehte sint, nú is tó ongietanne ... Past. 49; Swt. 377, 21. Grammar nú, interj. Nú is seóc se ðe ðú lufast ecce quem amas infirmatur, Jn. Skt. 11, 3.

Numeðe

(n.)
Grammar
Numeðe, pl.

The Numidians

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Numeðia cyning Numidarum rex, 5, 7; Swt. 228, 6

óðer

(n.; num.; adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
óðer, indef. prn.
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(l a) with swilc, another such a repetition of what has preceded :-- Ðá com ungemetlíc rén . . . eft wearþ óðer swelc rén, Ors. 4, 10 ; Swt. 194, 20. Medmicel pipores, óðer swilc cymenes. Lchdm. ii. 256, 5. His mágas hine wið óð?

óðerlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
óðerlíce, adv.
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Otherwise, differently Se ðe óðerlícor gedyrstlǽce underhníge ðære regullícan þreále que autem aliter presumpserit, discipline regulari subjaceat R. Ben. 87, 19

óþ-irnan

(v.)
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to ran away, escape Hé ðære eorþan ǽfre ne ó;þrineþ, Met. 20, 138. Gif hé óþierne, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 7

Linked entry: óþ-yrnan

páp-seld

(n.)
Grammar
páp-seld, es; n.
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The papal see Hé hié lǽrede ðæt hié raðost tó Róme sendon tó ðæm pápan, and ðone pápan and ðæt pápseld ðæt hié beáhsodan hwæt him ðæs tó rǽde þúhte, Blickl. Homl. 205, 20

pilece

(n.)
Grammar
pilece, an; f.
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A robe of skin, pelisse Pylece pellicie, Wrt. Voc, i. 81, 68. Hwí worhte God pylcan Adame and Eve æfter ðam gylte? Ðæt hé geswutelode mid ðám deádum fellum ðæt hí wǽron ðá deádlíce, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 28

Linked entry: pylece

pistol-rocc

(n.)
Grammar
pistol-rocc, es; m.
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The vestment worn when reading the epistle v. fulle mæssereáf, ii. dalmatica, iii. pistolroccas, Chart. Th. 429, 22

pohhed

(adj.)
Grammar
pohhed, adj.
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Baggy, loose Hý gelyst ǽlces (ealces, MS.) ýdeles habbaþ síde earmellan and pohhede hosa stíþe reáf hý anscuniaþ they take pleasure in every vanity, they have wide sleeves and loose hose, close-fitting garments they avoid, R. Ben. 136, 23

port

(n.)
Grammar
port, es; m. n.
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Hwá rít intóðam port quis equitat in civitalem ? Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Som. 3, 52. In burug port ł in civitate, Mt. Kmbl. p. 15, 19. Gif ðú hér on porte ( Ephesus ) geboren wǽre, hwǽr synt ðíne mágas ðe ðé áféddon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 679.

Linked entry: Portes-múþa

post

(n.)
Grammar
post, es; m.
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Rdr. 101, 186-191

práfost-scír

(n.)
Grammar
práfost-scír, e ; f.
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F.) betǽhtan, ðe ðæne abbod tó abbodháde gecuran, R. Ben. 124, 16