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niþerness

(n.)
Grammar
niþerness, e; f.

Lowness ⬩ a low position ⬩ the bottom

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Lowness, a low position, the bottom Ðá geseah hé swá þýstre dene under him in nyþernesse gesette vidit quasi vallem tenebrosam subtus se in imo positam, Bd. 3. 19; S. 548, 9

niþere

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Niðrę deorsum in terra, Hpt. 33, 247, 114. Ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr níþere, Bt. 41, 13; F. 234, 13. Add

niþere

(adv.)
Grammar
niþere, niþre; adv.

Down ⬩ beneath ⬩ below

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Down, beneath, below Læg mín flǽschoma in foldan bigrafen, niþre gehýded in byrgenne, ðæt ðú meahte beorhte uppe on roderum wesan, Exon. Th. 89, 34; Cri. 1467. Uppe ge niþre, 360, 3; Pa. 74

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