niccan
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refuse a person something Ic bidde ðé þurch ðene Drictene gif ic ongén ne cóme ðat ðú it néfre ne lét welden míne unwynan æfter mé ðe mid unrichte sitteð ðéron, and niccað it mé éuere tó unðanke, C. D. vi. 201, 6. [v. N. E. D. nick to deny.]
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ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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No, not; non. Grammar ná, qualifying a verb expressed or implied, Grammar ná, without any other negative particle Ná cunne nesciat, Wülck. Gl. 257, 28. Fela gódra háma ðe wé genemnan ná cunnan, Chr. 1001; Erl. 136, 29. Fremde ná heom God setton on gesyhþe
ná-hwæðer
Neither
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Neither Ðá ðá wé hit nó-hwæðer ne selfe ne lufodon ne eác óðrum monnum ne léfdon when we neither loved it ourselves nor allowed it to other men, Past. Swt. 5, 6. Wé nóhwæðér ne hit witan nyllaþ ne hit bétan nyllaþ, ne furðum ne récaþ hwæðer wé hit ongieten
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum