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niþer-sige

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Ǽr nyðersige ante solis occasum, R. Ben. I. 22, 9. Add

niþer-bogen

(adj.; part.)

down-bent

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down-bent Tó ðære niþerbogenan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 1

niþer-dǽl

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-dǽl, es; m.

A lower part

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A lower part On niþerdǽlum eorþan in inferioribus terrae, Ps. Th. 138, 13

niþer-gang

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-gang, es; m.

Descent

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Descent Mid hyra upgange oððe nyþergange, Lchdm. iii. 246, 8

niþer-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-heald, adj.

Bent downwards

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Bent downwards Nis ðæt gedafenlíc, ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23

niþer-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer-weardes, -weard; adv.

Downwardsin a downward direction

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Downwards, in a downward direction Niþerweardes per praeceps, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32. Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66

niþer-ecg

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-ecg, e; f.
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The lower edge or brink Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, C. D. iii. 418, 19

niþer-lang

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-lang, adj.
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With the length stretching downwards Tó ðæs niðærlangan hlincæs eástænde, C. D. v. 243, 3

niþer-lecgung

(n.)
Grammar
niþer-lecgung, e ; f.
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A laying down, deposition Nyþerlecgunge líchaman Hǽlendes úres wé wyrþiaþ depositionem corporis Saluatoris nostri celebramus, Angl. xiii. 421, 801

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niþer-lic

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Add Se deáð is nyðerlic (death has its place deep down) : hé is for þan nyðerlic : þeáh se man gewíte in ðá neowelestan scrafa þe on middangearde sý, þonne sceal hé þeáhhwæðere sweltan, Verc. Först. 103, 9-12. Add Hú swýþe ic sylf licge in þysum nyþerlicum

niþer-stige

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Se nyðerstige and se úpstige descensus et ascensus, R. Ben. I. 28, 3. Add

niþer-stígend

(n.)
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niþer-stígend, es; m. : <b>-stigende</b>; ptcpl.
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One who descends: descending Ic beó geanlícod niðerstígendum on seáðe assimilabor descendentibus in lacum, Ps. L. 27, 1 : 142, 7. Wæs swíðe hefgu frécednys þám niþerstígendum, Gr. D. 112, 20

Linked entry: niþer-ástígend

niþer-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
niþer-weard, adv.
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Nyþerwyrd in praeceps. An. Ox. 3668 (= Hpt. Gl. 499, 56 [ not 66]). Add

ge-niþerian

(v.)
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Add: to bring down, cast down, degrade, humiliate a person or place occupying an exalted position Oft ðis andwearde líf úp áhefeð ðá yfelan, ac se tócyme ðǽre écan eádignesse hié geniðrað, Past. 389, 27. Hierusalem áhéned bið ł gehniðrad bið (calcabitur

Linked entry: niþerian

ge-níþla

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ge-níþla

(n.)
Grammar
ge-níþla, r. rex-geníþla.

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níþ

(n.)
Grammar
níþ, es; m.

envyhatredenmityrancorspiteill-willjealousyaction which arises from hatredstrifewarhostilitythe effect of hatredpersecutiontroublevexationannoyanceafflictiontribulationgriefevilwickednessmalice

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envy, hatred, enmity, rancor, spite, ill-will, jealousy Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... níþ and æfésta and hátheortnys hae sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... odium et invidiae et furor, L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 32. Ne mehte se níþ betux him twǽm

niþe-weard

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niþ

(n.)
Grammar
niþ, es; n.

A place low downan abyss

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A place low down, an abyss Lǽdaþ in ðæt sceaðena scræf, scúfaþ tó grunde in ðæt nearwe niþ, Cd. Th. 304, 22; Sat. 634

neoþe-

(adj.; prefix)
Grammar
neoþe-, nioþo-, niþe-weard; adj.

Lowsituated beneathbottom of

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Low, situated beneath, bottom of (the noun with which the adjective agrees) Niþeweard fót planta; hóh niþeweard calx, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 73, 75. Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299. On nyþewerdum ðam munte ad radices montis