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níw-cumen

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Add: newly come, just arrived Swilce hí nícumene sýn and swilce hí ealles dæges ǽr náhtes ne onbirigdon, Hml. A. 146, 68. one newly come to a religious house, a novice S nícumena mearce dó ille novitius signum faciat, R. Ben. I. 97, 17. Hé sí gelǽd

níw-fara

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níw-gefara

(n.)
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níw-gefara, an ; m.
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A new-comer, a stranger Nígefaran tó túne feccan, Ll. Th. i. 432, 16

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níw-gehálgod

(adj.)
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níw-gehálgod, níw-hálgod; adj.
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Newly consecrated Se wítega begeát his (Jehu's) heáfod mid ele . . . Ðá Hieu se nígehálgode (níghál-goda, v. l. ) cynincg férde, Hml. S. 18, 326

nunn-fǽmne

(n.)
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nunn-fǽmne, a
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nun Seó hálige nunfǽmne sanctimonialis femina, Gr. D. 223, 14. Hé nýde genam áne nunfǽmnan and tó him gegaderode mid unálýfedum synscipe, 230, 13

Linked entry: fǽmne

nunn-mynster

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Þæt hé hine tó ðám befæste ꝥ hé móste beón lǽce þæs nunmynstres (on þám nunmynstre, v. l.) ut eum sanandum monasterio commendaret, Gr. D. 37, 27. Add

nyt-weorþ

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Forgife mé se wilega gifola þæt mé tó ǽgðrum onhagige, ge hér nytwyrðe tó beónne (cf. Alfred's words in the translation of Boethius: Ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne þá hwíle þe ic lifede, Bt. 17 ; F. 60, 14), ge húru þider tó cumane, Solil. H. 2,

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salu-neb

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Add: [Cf. Icel. nef-fölr]

weorold-níd

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Hé tó his woroldneóde dyde þǽra þearfena fódan alimenta pauperum suis aptauit usibus, Chrd. 51, 32. Sý ǽlc hýrsunmys an woroldneódum cáflíce gefylled omnis obedientia in seculi necessitatibus strenue peragatur, 93, 9. Add

fisc-noþ

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Add: the privilege or right of catching fish in certain waters Ic geann þam munecum tó fódan ealne þone fixnoð þe Ulfkytel áhte æt Wyllan ( piscationem quam Ulfkytel habuit in Wylla ), Cht. Th. 307, 35

salu-neb

(adj.)
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salu-neb, adj.

Dark-faced

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Dark-faced Se wonna þegn, sweart and saloneb, Exon. Th. 433, 9; Rä. 50, 9

wæl-net

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-net, wæl-nett, es; n.

The net of destruction

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The net of destruction (?),Cd. Th. 190, 20; Exod. 202

fyll-nis

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fyll-nis, -ness.

completeness, abundance

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Add: completeness, abundance On Críste ánum is ealles siges fylnes þurhtogen, Bl. H. 179, 7. Of fyllnisse his alle wé onféngon uuldor de plenitudine ejus omnes accepimus gratiam, Jn. L. R. 1, 16. Fylnysse liberalitate, gratia, An. Ox. 7, 228

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fyl-nes

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brǽded-nes

(n.; part.)
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brǽded-nes, -ness, e; f. [brǽded; pp. of brǽdan
to broaden
,-nes -ness]

to broadenBroadness, breadth, width, latitudeamplitudo, latitudo.

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Broadness, breadth, width, latitude; amplitudo, latitudo

brǽd-nys

(n.)
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brǽd-nys, , e; f.

Broadness; latitude.

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Broadness; latitude

brég-nes

(n.)
Grammar
brég-nes, -ness, e: f. [brégan
to give fear
]

to give fearFear, terror, dread;terror

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Fear, terror, dread; terror Brégnessa [MS. brégnes] ðíne hý gedréfdon me terrores tui conturbaverunt me, Ps. Spl. T. 87, 17

breóst-net

(n.)
Grammar
breóst-net, -nett, es; n. [breóst, net
a net
]

a netA breast-net, covering for the breast, breast-plate; pectorale reticulatum, thorax

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A breast-net, covering for the breast, breast-plate; pectorale reticulatum, thorax Him on eaxle læg breóstnetbroden on his shoulder lay the braided breastplate, Beo. Th. 3100; B. 1548: Cd. 154; Th. 192, 24; Exod. 236

gagolbǽr-nes

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Gagolbǽrnesse lascivia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 70. Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluens, Past. 73, 11. Add

Linked entry: gagol-bǽre

geán-nis

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For Hpt. Gl. 513 substitute Geánnysse obuiam (in sponsi obuiam subuolas, Ald. 65), An. Ox. 4610