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freó-nama

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Cwénburh wæs þǽre fǽmnan noma (freónama, v.l., nomen ), Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 565, 15. Freónaman cognomine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 79. Add

hǽr-nǽdl

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For ' Lye ' substitute Mid þráwincspinle, hǽrnǽdla calamistro, An. Ox. 1200

næfe-bor

Linked entry: bór

nafu-bor

(n.)
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an auger Hé sceal fela tóla tó túne tilian . . . æcse, adsan . . . sage, . . næfebor, Angl. ix. 263, 3. Cf. nafu-gár

Linked entry: næfe-bor

nafu-gár

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hǽr-nǽdl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽr-nǽdl, e; f.

A hair-pincalamistrum

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A hair-pin; calamistrum, Lye

tó-nama

(n.)
Grammar
tó-nama, an; m.

A surname,cognomen

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A surname, cognomen His tónama wæs Cambises gecweden, Homl. Ass. 103, 25. 'Huætd ðé tónoma (or tó noma (dat.)?; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 9.

Linked entry: tó-namian

nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample uponcrushsubdue

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To trample upon, crush, subdue Oft ic cwice bærne nǽte mid níþe oft the living I burn, painfully oppress them, Exon. Th. 389, 7; Rä. 7. 4.

nam-bred

(n.)
Grammar
nam-bred, es; n.

A tablet on which names are writtena register

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A tablet on which names are written, a register Nombred albo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 35

ge-nág

Grammar
ge-nág, or -nag[?] incumbens [Grn.],

urgens

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urgens [Ettm.], Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 38, 40; Reim. 57, 58

Linked entry: -nág

nán-wiht

(n.; adv.; pronoun.)
Grammar
nán-wiht, nán-uht.

nothingnothingnot at allno whit

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Grammar nán-wiht, as subst. nothing Nánwiht nihil, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 32. Heó hire self gecýþ ðæt heó nánwuht ne biþ she herself shews that she is nothing, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 24. Ðú wéndest ðæt ðé nánwuht unrihtlíces on becuman ne mihte, 7, 3; Fox 22, 15

Linked entries: nǽnig-wiht nǽniht

náwiht-fremmend

Grammar
náwiht-fremmend, náht-fremmend, es; m.

One who does evil

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One who does evil Genere mé fram níðe náht-frernmendra eripe me de operantibus iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 58, 2

ná-hwæðer

(pronoun.)
Grammar
ná-hwæðer, náwðer, náðer, nóðer; pron.

Neither

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Náuðær síe tó ðon gedurstig ne cyning bisceop ne nánes hádes man nullus rex aut episcopus, vel, aliquis alius potens, sit tam audax, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 26.

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to haveto be without

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Ðú næfst nán þing, Jn. Skt. 4, 11. Næft ðú, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 71; Met. 20, 36. Hé nǽnige mehte nafaþ, Blickl. Homl. 31, 33. Hé wilnaþ ... ðæs ðe hé næft, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 2. Næfþ, Ps. Th. 71, 12. Wé nabbaþ, Mk. Skt. 9, 13.

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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Nægl, 283, 25. Nægl unguana, ii. 124, 10. Gif nægl of honda weorðe if a nail come off a hand, Lchdm. iii. 58, 7 : ii. 80, 20. Gif þuman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. scill. gebéte . . .

for-nam

(v.; part.)
Grammar
for-nam, pl. -námon

took awaydestroyedconsumed

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took away, destroyed, consumed, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: Ps. Th. 77, 53;

nam-cúþ

(adj.)
Grammar
nam-cúþ, adj.

Having the name well-knowncelebratedfamousof noteof renown

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Having the name well-known, celebrated, famous, of note, of renown Nabochodonossor se namcúþa cining, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 15. Ǽlcre namcúþre wyrte dǽl a bit of every well-known plant, Lchdm. i. 398, 9. Twegen sacerdas ðe ǽr on lífe wǽron swíðe namcúþe,

nam-mǽlum

(adv.)
Grammar
nam-mǽlum, adv.

Name by name

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Name by name Nammǽlum nominatim, per singula nomina, Hpt. Gl. 427, 28

nam-cúþ

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Add: of persons Wæs sum ríce cyning, namcúð on worulde, Asuerus geháten. Hml. A. 92, 2. Sum wer wæs namcúð and hlísful þurh his drohtnunga, 195, 15. His ꝥ mǽre cynn wzs swíþe namcúð eallum folce, Hml. S. 23, 630. of things Asteriscus ys namcúð tácen

nese

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

No

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Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ) fæder Abraham, Lk. Skt. 16, 30. Sume cwǽdon, he is gód; óðre cwǽdon, nese (Lind. næse), ac hé beswícþ ðis folc, Jn. Skt. 7, 12. Næsi, Jn. Skt, Lind. 21, 5. Hwæðer ðú swelces áuht geworhtes habbe.

Linked entry: næse