niþer
Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below
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Ðú niþer færst ( descendes ) óþ helle, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23. Niþer feallaþ procident, Ps. Lamb. 71, 9 : 94, 6. Niþer fylþ decidat, 89,6. Gá nyþer descende Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40. Hé nyþer ne eode, Ex. 32, 1. Gang niþer, Deut. 9, 12.
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niþer
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Ðonne sió lufu for mildheortnesse nieðer ástígeð, Past. 103, 16. Ꝥ wæter ic niðer (not neðer, v. Angl. i. 509) ágeát aquam effudi, Nar. 8, 10. Betwix deádum mannum bið þín earding-stów niðer on eorðan, 50, 28. Wearþ hine niðer on þæt nióbedd, Gen. 343
niþer-weard
Downward ⬩ turned downwards
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Niþer-wearþ, 413, 15; Rä. 32, 6
niþer-sige
A going down ⬩ setting
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Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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low (of position) Án þeósterful dene swíðe niþerlíc, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 5. Heortan niþerlícan cordis ima, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 202, 5. On nyþerlícum eorþan in inferioribus terrae, Ps. Lamb. 62, 10. Tó nyþerlícum ad inferos, Cant. An. 6. Hé his eágan bígde
niþer-scyfe
A pushing down ⬩ falling down ⬩ hasty downward movement
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A pushing down, falling down, hasty downward movement Niþerscyfe per praeceps, Hpt. Gl. 468, 74
niþer-stige
A descent
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A descent Se upstige and se niþerstige the ascent and descent (of the angels seen by Jacob in his dream), R. Ben. 23, 7. Tó Olivetes muntes nyþerstige ad descensum montis Oliveti, Lk. Skt. 19, 37
niþer-ástígend
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One who descends: descending Fram niðerástígendum on seáðe a descendentibus in lacum, Ps. L. 29, 4: 87, 5
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niþer-flór
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A lower floor, a room downstairs Gelógode Benedictus hine sylfne on sumes stýpeles úpflóra, and Seruandus gereste hine on þǽre nyðerflóre þæs ylcan stýpeles ( in turris inferioribus), Gr. D. 170, 17. Nyðerflóra, 20
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niþer-hryre
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A falling down Mid fylle oððe mid niþerhryre casu vel praecipitatione, Scint. 229, 12
niþer-onwend
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Down-turned Hé hangode nyþeronwendum heáfde he hung head downwards, Gr. D. 24, 29
niþer-sceótende
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down-rushing Nyþersceótende pręcipites, An. Ox. 2669
niþer-sige
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Ǽr nyðersige ante solis occasum, R. Ben. I. 22, 9. Add
niþer-bogen
down-bent
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down-bent Tó ðære niþerbogenan ác, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 72, 1
niþer-dǽl
A lower part
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A lower part On niþerdǽlum eorþan in inferioribus terrae, Ps. Th. 138, 13
niþer-gang
Descent
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Descent Mid hyra upgange oððe nyþergange, Lchdm. iii. 246, 8
niþer-heald
Bent downwards
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Bent downwards Nis ðæt gedafenlíc, ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23
niþer-weardes
Downwards ⬩ in a downward direction
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Downwards, in a downward direction Niþerweardes per praeceps, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32. Nyþerwerd deorsum versum, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 63. Niþerwurd in praeceps, deorsum, Hpt. Gl. 499. 66
niþer-ecg
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The lower edge or brink Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, C. D. iii. 418, 19
niþer-lang
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With the length stretching downwards Tó ðæs niðærlangan hlincæs eástænde, C. D. v. 243, 3