mynster-gang
Going into a monastery ⬩ entering on a monastic life
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C. 20; Th. ii. 146, 23
mynster-preóst
A priest who conducts service in a minster
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A priest who conducts service in a minster Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dyre, ne binnan weohstealle bútan his oferslipe, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 8
myrþra
A murderer ⬩ homicide
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C. 24; Th. ii. 150, 10. Gif hwylc man for his mǽges wræce man ofsleá, dó ( do penance ) hé swá myrþra .vii. geár oððe .x., L. Ecg. P. iv. 68, 18; Th. ii. 230, 19, 21 : Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 37.
mýðe
The mouth of a stream
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The mouth of a stream Andlang bróces on ða mýdy; of ðes gemýðon on Ceahhanmere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 48, 25. v. ge-mýðe
mýðe
The mouth of a stream
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The mouth of a stream Ǽrest fram mýðan in cyrstilmǽl ác ... eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 379, 20-380, 7
ná-hwanon
From nowhere
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From nowhere Sió his gesǽlþ him náhwonan útane ne com, ac wæs simle on him selfum, Bt. 34. 7; Fox 144, 20
Linked entry: á-hwanon
namcúþlíce
By name
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[Þurh him and ðurh ealle his freónd namcúðlíce, Chr. 1127; Erl. 256, 12.]
neádian
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ constrain
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C. 29; Th. ii. 352, 29. Neádede cogeret, Hpt. Gl. 519, 19. Neádiendum cogente, 503, 39. His deópe rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian tí náðrum, Homl. Th. i. 112, 3
Linked entry: neódian
neáh-mǽg
A near kinsman
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C. S. 71; Th. i. 414, 1
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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Swá swýðe nearwelíce hé hit létt út áspyrian ( of the enquiry which was made when Doomsday Book was compiled ), Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 34. [He nule nout so neruhliche demen ase ȝe siggeð, A. R. 334, 14.]
Linked entry: nearu-þanc
nemnigend-líc
Nominative
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Nominative Nominativus is nemnigendlíc, mid ðam casu wé nemnaþ ealle þing, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 17
neósung
A visiting ⬩ visitation
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Mid ðý ðá æfter langre tíde com tó him for neósunge intingan ( gratia visitationis ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 41. Búton niósunga absque visitatione, Kent. Gl. 710
Linked entry: ge-neósung
net-gearn
Net-yarn ⬩ string for making nets
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Net-yarn, string for making nets Án cliwen gódes nettgernes, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 451, 7
níd-máge
A near kinswoman ⬩ a cousin
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C. E. 7; Th. i. 364, 24
níd-syndrig
Quite apart
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Hí sylfe ða munecas nǽdsyndrige (monachos) seipsos, Cod. Dip. B. i. 154, 12
níd-wyrhta
One who acts from necessity ⬩ an involuntary agent
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C. S. 69; Th. i. 412, 12-14
Linked entry: níd-dǽda
nigon
nine
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Ðá hét se cyng faran mid nigonum ðara níwena scipa, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 20. Grammar nigon, as adj. : Harold wes gewend mid nigon scipon, 1052; Erl. 183, 18. Nigon nihtum ǽr middum sumere, 898; Erl. 96, 19. Ic ofslóh niceras nigene, Beo.
nigonteóþa
nineteenth
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Nigonteóþe healf geár, Chr. Erl. 4. 7 : 855; Erl. 68, 33. Ðý nigonteóþan geáre mínes lífes, Bd. 5, 24; S. 647, 28
niht-sang
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours ⬩ compline ⬩ a copy of the service
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C. 19; Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7. Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc ( completorium ), Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 3. a copy of the service Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . .
niþer-bogen
down-bent
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down-bent Tó ðære niþerbogenan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 1