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Anglo-Saxon

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-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

náwiht-ness

Grammar
náwiht-ness, náht-ness, e; f.

Worthlessnesscowardice

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Worthlessness, cowardice Heom seggan Brytwalana náhtnesse (MS. E. náhtscipe. Cf. secgan Brytta yrgþo ( segnitia ), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 12, 6

leáf-ness

Grammar
leáf-ness, léf-, lýf-ness; e; f.

Leavepermissionlicence

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Leave, permission, licence Gif him léfnys seald wǽre if leave had been given him, Bd. 1, 23; S. 486, 8. Lýfnes licentia, 4, 18; S. 586, 34: 2, 1; S. 501, 32: 5, 19; S. 640, 10. Bútan heora Ieóda geþafunge and leáfnysse absque suorum consensu ac licentia

Linked entries: léf-ness lýf-ness

ceorlisc-nes

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

CHURLISHNESS, rudeness, vulgarity

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CHURLISHNESS, rudeness, vulgarity; rusticitas, sordes

fangen-nes

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

A taking

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A taking

Linked entry: an-fengednes

eáht-ness

Grammar
eáht-ness, l. eaht-ness,
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Cf. éht-ness

cél-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cél-nes, cól-nes, -ness, e; f.

Coolness, cool air, a breezerefrigerium, aura

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Coolness, cool air, a breeze; refrigerium, aura Ðú lǽddest us on célnesse eduxisti nos in refrigerium, Ps. Spl. C. T. 65, 11. To sécanne wið hǽto célnes quærere contra æstum auras [breezes ], Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 17

Linked entries: ge-célnes cól-nes

cearful-nes

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

Carefulness, curiosity

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Carefulness, curiosity

micel-ness

(n.)
Grammar
micel-ness, e; f.

greatnessbignesssizegreatnessmultitudeabundancegreatnessmagnificence

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His micel-nesse ne mæg nán man ámetan, Bt. 42; Fox 258, 12. greatness (of quantity), multitude, abundance Ðá wæs geworden mid ðam engle mycelnes ( multitudo ) heofonlíces werydes, Lk. Skt. 2, 13.

neár

(adj.)
Grammar
neár, neara, nearo.

Similar entry: neáh

neón

Similar entry: neán

neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.
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Add Neáhne proximum, Germ. 400, 524. Neágum proximis, 399, 409. add: local Sume synd stówlice, þá geswuteliað gehendnysse oððe ungehendnysse . . . proximus neéxð (neáhst néxt, nýxt, nýhst, v.ll. ], Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 21. Þá gegaderode micel folc hit of

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Add 'Hér is án lytele burg swíðe neáh' . . . Hé cwæð ðæt hió wǽre swíðe neáh ' est civitas hic juxta . . . parva' . . . Iiuxa dicitur, Past. 399, 25 Sió sunne þǽr gǽð neár on setl þonne on óðrum lande, Ors. l, I ; S. 24, 18. Scipia geáscade ꝥ þá foreweardas

neán

Grammar
neán, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> of time,
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7. Add Míne neán ástyred fét, neán ágoten stæpas

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

-néhþ

(suffix)

Similar entry: efen-éhþ

nepte

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Add: [From Latin]

nestig

Similar entry: nihstig