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neowol

Grammar
neowol, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . and dragað hine niwelne (neowelne, v.l.) his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155. Add Drohtnoð habban . . . in neowlum áttre ( in the poison of the bottomless pit), Wlfst. 188, 8. On neowlum in imo, Scint. 21, 12. Tó neowlum

neom

(v.)
Grammar
neom, neam, nam = ne eom

am notis not

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am not, is not Ðæs gescý neom (nam, Lind.: næm, Rush.) ic wyrðe tó berenne, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 11. Neam ic non sum, Ps. Surt. 118, 30. Sí eówer sprǽc: Hyt ys, hyt ys;nyt nys, hyt nys, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 37. Nis álýfed it is not allowed, Homl. Th. i. 94. 29

Linked entry: nis

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, ( = neád)

necessity

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necessity. The distinction in form between the word = Goth. nauþs, and the preceding word seems not to have been observed in A. S. MSS

neón

Similar entry: neán

nese

(adv.)
Grammar
nese, ( = ne sí) ; adv.

No

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No (the opposite of gese) Wylt ðú ðis? Nese vis hoc ? Non, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 13. Wylt ðú wé gadriaþ hig? Ðá cwæþ hé, Nese ( non ), Mt. Kmbl. 13, 29. Syllaþ ús of eówrum ele ... Ðá andswarudun ða gleáwan, Nese, 25, 9. Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ

Linked entry: næse

nefe

(n.)
Grammar
nefe, (?), an ; f.
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A grand-daughter Se cyng blissode on his ylde ꝥ hé geseah his nefan (nefenan?) mid hire were, Ap. Th. 27, 9

Linked entry: fór-nefe

nese

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Add: saying no to a question 'Hwæþer ðín woruld eall wǽre æfter ðínum willan.' Ðá andsworode Boetius: 'Nese, lá, nese; næs ic nǽfre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes . . .', Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 90, 24, Nese, lá, nese; ne mín ne nánes mannes nis tó þám creftig

neól

Similar entry: neowol

-neód

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-neód, adj.

Similar entry: ofer-neód

neód-

(prefix)

Similar entry: níd-fara

neom

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Þára þú neart gemyndig læng quorum non es memor amplius, Ps. L. 87, 4. Add

níwan

(adv.)
Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.

Recentlylatelynewly

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Seó núgyt neówan is becumen and gelǽded tó Godes geleáfan quae (ecclesia Anglorum) nuper adhuc ad fidem adducta est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 12. Hé eów neón gesceód lately he harmed you, Andr. Kmbl. 2354; An. 1178

Linked entries: neówan níwane níwe

cyric-neód

(n.)
Grammar
cyric-neód, e; f.

Church-need ecclesiæ necessitas

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Church-need; ecclesiæ necessitas Riht is ðæt man betǽce ǽnne dǽl preóstum, óðerne dǽl tocyricneóde þriddan dǽl ðám þearfum it is right that one part [of the alms] be delivered to the priests, a second part for the need of the church, a third part for

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

newe-seóþa

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Neuanseáda, naensída ilium, Txts. 68, 505. Naensood, 110, 1180. Add

Linked entry: nu-seóþa

neó-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
neó-bedd, es; n.

A bed for a corpse

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A bed for a corpse Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse ' I shall die in my nest ' (A. V.), Exon. Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf. Milton 'that fiery couch'; and Icel. ná-strönd the place where the

Linked entry: nió-bedd

neód-fracu

(n.)
Grammar
neód-fracu, e; f.

Desireappetitethe object of desire or of appetite

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Desire, appetite, the object of desire or of appetite Wuhta gehwilc hnipaþ of dúne, wilnaþ tó eorþan, sume nédþearfe, sume neódfræce (cf. ealle beóþ of dúne healde wið ðære eorþan and ðider wilniaþ oððe ðæs ðe hí lyst oððe ðæs ðe hí beþurfon, Bt. 41,

neód-lof

(n.)
Grammar
neód-lof, es; n.

Diligent praise

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Diligent praise Herian naman Drihtnes mid neódlofe (cf. hebbaþ neódlíce eówre handa on hálig lof, 133, 3), Ps. Th. 148, 12

neód-spearuwa

(n.)
Grammar
neód-spearuwa, an ; m.

An active, restless sparrow

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An active, restless sparrow (cf. (?) sparuwe is a cheaterinde brid; cheatereð euer ant chirmeð, A. R. 152), Ps. Th. 123, 6

Linked entry: spearwa

neód-weorþung

(n.)
Grammar
neód-weorþung, e; f.

Great honouring

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Great honouring For naman ðínes neódweorþunge propter nomen tuum. Ps. Th. 142, 11