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neáh

(adj.)
Grammar
neáh, adj.

nighnearlaterlatterlastlatest

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Similar entries v. ende-néhst Se æftera ł nǽrra novissimus, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 31. His ða nérran tíde wǽron wyrsan ðám ǽrran habuit posteriora pejora prioribus, Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 31.

cúþ-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cúþ-nes, cúþ-ness ,e; f.

Knowledge, acquaintance scientia

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Knowledge, acquaintance; scientia, Scint. 38, Som. Ben. Lye

éc-nes

(n.)
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éc-nes, -nis, -nys, -ness, -niss, -nyss, e; f.

Eternity, everlasting æternĭtas

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Eternity, everlasting; æternĭtas Ðæt we wuldres eard in écnesse ágan mósten that we for ever might possess the abode in glory, Exon. 25 b; Th. 74, 9; Cri. 1204: Ps. Th. 118, 152. On écnisse for ever, Cd. 23; Th. 30, 18; Gen. 469. On écnysse for ever.

bismer-nes

(n.)
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bismer-nes, -ness, e; f.

A polluting, staining or defilingpollutio

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[bismer filthiness, pollution, -nes] A polluting, staining or defiling; pollutio, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, note 7

hátheort-nes

(n.)
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hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Sió hátheortness ðæt mód gebringþ on ðæm weorce ðe hine ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 8.

nebb

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Add Hér pilus, neb piceca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 41-42. Add Mid nebbe pluc[ciað] rostra (apes) decerpunt. An. Ox. 100. Add Nebb uultus, An. Ox. 2931. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, Hml. S. 14, 155.

cól-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cól-nes, -ness, e; f.

COOLNESScool aira breezerefrigeriumaura

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COOLNESS, cool air, a breeze; refrigerium, aura On cólnesse in refrigerium Ps. Th. 65, 11

Linked entry: coelnes

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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Godes grið is ealra griða sélast, . . . and þǽr néhst þæs cynges ( and next to that the king's ), 330, 3. Add Nú is þǽre tíde swíþe neáh tempus nunc appropinquat, Guth. Gr. 164, 3 : Jud. 287. Néh þǽre æftre Scã Marian mæssan, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 15.

ánfeald-nes

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

Onenessunitysimplicitysinglenesssimplicitas

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Oneness, unity, simplicity, singleness; simplicitas Ymbe ða ánfealdnesse ðare godcundnesse concerning the oneness of the divine nature, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 18: 39, 5; Fox 218, 19. Ðá hwíle ðe hí heora ánrǽdnesse geheóldan him betwénan and ánfealdnysse

fracoþ-nes

(n.)
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fracoþ-nes, -ness, e; f.

Vilenessobscenityturpĭtūdoobscēnĭtas

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Vileness, obscenity; turpĭtūdo, obscēnĭtas, Cot. 143

hálig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-nes, -ness, e; f.

holiness, sanctitya holy thing, relica holy place, sanctuary

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holiness, sanctity Hálygnyss sanctitas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 22. Hálignys on hálignysse hys sanctimonia in sanctificatione ejus, Ps. Spl. 95, 6. On rihtwísnesse and on hálignesse in righteousness and in holiness, Blickl. Homl. 31, 36 : 155, 31. On hálignesse

Linked entry: hǽlnes

heald-nes

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

Holding, keeping, observance

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Holding, keeping, observance Ealles mǽst ymb eástrena healdnyssa maxime in Pascha observando, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

nán

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nán, <b>. I b.</b>
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Þú þe náne gesceaftas ne forlǽtst tó náhte weorðan, Solil. H. 5, 5. Add Ne forlǽt þé nán þe gewityg byt, ne þé nán ne séeð bútan wýs, ne þé nán ne gemét búton geclǽnsod, Solil.

carleás-nes

(n.)
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carleás-nes, -ness, e; f.
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Freedom from care, security, CARELESSNESS; securitas, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 113; Wrt. Voc. 51, 26

Linked entry: cearleás-nes

heard-neb

(adj.)
Grammar
heard-neb, -nebb; adj.

Having a hard beak

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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15

nese

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Ðá andsworode Boetius: 'Nese, lá, nese; næs ic nǽfre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes . . .', Bt. 26, 1 ; F. 90, 24, Nese, lá, nese; ne mín ne nánes mannes nis tó þám creftig . . . Solil.

næft

(n.)
Grammar
næft, e; f.
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Tó genim þearfan, and for næfte his ne forlǽt hyne ídelne adsume pauperem et propter inopiam eius ne dimittas illum vacuum, 157, 3:7. Of næfte, 198, 8

Linked entry: hæft

nic

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Add: no: — Andswaredun þá snottre cwæþende, 'Ne sé ł nic,' Mt. R. 25, 9

neán

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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.

níd

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Gif wé þám þearfan, þe þæs neód bið (who is in need of the water), gerǽcað cuppan cóles wæteres, Hml. A. 141, 82. <b>VI a.</b> (to have) need of :-- Secgað ꝥ Drihten hæfð his neóde, Mk. 11, 3.