A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students

Chapter 42

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mynian _to intend, be impelled_: _direct oneself towards an object_, AS 1^9 (e).

mynig- = myneg-

mynit = mynet

mynle f. _desire_, #Met# 26^67.

mynnan = mynian

mynster (æ^2) n. _monastery, nunnery_, _BH_: _mother-church_, _‘minster,’ cathedral_, _LL_. [_L._ monasterium]

mynsterbōc f? _minster-book_, NC 310.

mynsterclǣnsung f. _purification of a minster_.

mynsterclūse f. _monastic enclosure, stall, cell_, CM 22.

mynsterfæder m. _abbot_, GD 293^1.

mynsterfǣmne f. _nun_, BH 20^19.

mynstergang m. _act of joining an order of monks_, LL (146^23)

mynstergēat n. _monastery gate_, GD 145^2.

mynsterhām m. _monastic house, monastery_.

mynsterhata m. _persecutor of monasteries_, W 165^28.

mynsterlic _monastic_, Æ. adv. -līce.

mynsterlīf n. _monastic life_, Æ: _cloister, monastery_.

mynstermann m. _monk_, Æ.

mynstermunuc m. _monk who lives in a monastery (i.e. not an anchorite)_, Æ.

mynsterprafost m. _provost of a monastery_, TC 434^4.

mynsterprēost m. _priest of a church or minster_, LL (254^8).

mynsterscīr f. _control of a monastery_, BH 458^11.

mynsterstede m. _monastic buildings_, GD 182^19.

mynsterstōw f. _place of a minster, town_, BH 160^16.

mynstertimbrung f. _building of a monastery_, GD 147^11.

mynsterðēaw m. _monastic custom_, BH 452^12.

mynsterðegnung f. _monastic service_, RB 85^17.

mynsterwīse f. _custom of a monastery_.

±myntan _to intend, determine, resolve_, _Æ, Bo_: _think_, _B, Jud_: _bring forth_, #Sc# 215^1: _give up to_, LL 400[3]. [‘_mint_,’ ‘_i-munte_’]

myranhēafod n. _mare’s head (a nick-name)_, #Chr# 1010#e#.

Myrce, Myrcan = Mierce

myrce == mirce

myre (Æ, AO) = miere

myrenæddra = merenæddra

myrgan _to be ‘merry,’ rejoice_, _PPs_.

myrge adj. (e, i, u) _pleasing, agreeable_, _Æ, Bo, Met_ (e): _pleasant, sweet_, _DHy_ (e). adv. myriglīce _pleasantly, melodiously_, GD 286^1. [‘_merry_’]

myrgelēoð n. _epitaph_? BH 94^12 (#b#).

myrgen I. f. _joy, pleasure_, #Met# (Introd.) 5. II. == morgen

myrgnes f. _melody_, WW 33^31.

myrgð (e, i), myrhð f. _‘mirth,’ joy, pleasure, sweetness (of sound)_, _Æ, Bo_.

myrig- = myrg-

mȳrlic = mǣrlic

myrr- = mierr-

myrra I. m. _sweet cicely (plant)_. II. (u) f. ‘_myrrh_,’ _Æ_.

myrre f. = myrra

myrrelse f. _offence, scandal, stumbling-block_, #Jul# 338.

myrten I. n. _flesh of an animal which has died of itself, carrion_, LL. II. adj. _dead (of animals which have not been killed)_, LL.

myrð = myrgð

myrðra m. _homicide, murderer_.

-myrðran, -myrðrian v. for-, of-m. [[under “ofmyrðrian”]]

myrðrung f. _parricide, murder_, WW 467^21.

myrw- = mearuw- (v. mearu)

mȳs v. mūs.

myscan _to afflict_, #PPs#.

+myscan _to defile_, OEG 17^47.

mysci sbpl. _flies_, #PPs# 104^27.

mȳse = mēse

mytting = mitting

+mȳðe n. (usu. pl.) _mouth, confluence, junction of two streams_, BH, Ct.

myx = meox

myx- = mix-

=N=

nā (ō) adv. conj. _not, no, not at all, not even, never, by no means_, Æ, AO, CP. nā ðæt ān _not only_. nā...nā _neither...nor_. ne nā _nor_. nā mā _no more_, _ÆGr, Bl_. [‘_no mo_’] nā māre sb. _nothing more_, _Bo, Mk_. [‘_no more_’]

nab- = naf-

nabban anv. pres. 1 sg. næbbe, 2 næfst, 3 nafað, næfð, pl. nabbað, næbbað; pret. næfde (v. habban) _not to have, to lack, be without_, _Bo_ (+næfd), _Jn_; AO, CP. [v. ‘_have_’]

naca † m. _vessel, boat, ship_. [_Ger._ nachen]

naced = nacod

±nacian, +nacodian _to lay bare, strip_.

nacod, nacud (æ) (+) I. adj. _‘naked,’ nude, bare_, _Æ_; CP: _empty_: _not fully clothed_. II. f. _nakedness_.

nacodnes (æ) f. _nakedness_, Æ.

næ adv. = ne

næbbað, næbbe v. nabban.

nǣbre = nǣfre

næcad (_Cp_ 499#e# ‘_exserta_’) = nacod

±nǣcan (hnǣcan) _to kill_, Æ.

næced == nacod

næcedu f. _nakedness_, MFH 169.

næct = niht

nædder- = nǣder-

nædderfāh _snake-coloured_, HL 15^183.

næddre (CP) = nǣdre

næddrewinde f. _adder-wort_, WW 287^16.

nǣderbīta m. _ichneumon_, WW.

nǣdl (ē) f. ‘_needle_,’ _Soul, WW_; Æ.

nǣdre (ē) f. _‘adder,’ snake, serpent, viper_, _Mt_; AO, CP.

nǣdrewyrt (der) f. _adder-wort_.

næfde pret. 3 sg. of nabban.

næfebor (A 9·263^3) = nafūgar [[headword spelled “nafogār”]]

næfig (NG) = næftig

næfne = nefne

nǣfre (ē) adv. ‘_never_,’ _B, Bo, Bl, G_; CP. [ne, ǣfre]

næfst v. nabban.

næft f. _need, want, poverty_, #Sc# 157^3,7.

næftcyrrend _not returning_, CP 77^39. [neft, ne eft]

næftig _poor_, #Sc# 190^1.

±nǣgan I. † (ē) (often followed by wordum) _to accost, speak to_. II. = hnǣgan

nægel = nægl

nægen = ne mægen

nægl m. _‘nail,’ peg_, _AO_; Æ: _finger-nail, toe-nail, claw_, _Æ_: _plectrum_, #Wyrd# 84: (in comp.) _handle_.

nægledbord † _with nailed sides_.

nægledcnearr m. _nail-fastened vessel_, †#Chr# 937.

nægledcræt n. _iron chariot_.

nægledsinc n. _studded vessel_, B 2023.

±næglian _‘to nail,’ fasten with nails_, _MtLR_; Æ.

næglsex n. _knife for cutting the nails_, _WW_. [seax; v. ‘_nail_’]

næglspere n. _(sharp) nail_, Cp 260#u#.

nǣh = nēah

nǣhsta = nīehsta

næht (_NG, VPs_) == niht

nǣht = nāht

nællæs = nealles

næm = neom

nǣm f. _taking, receiving_, NC 311.

+nǣman _to take away_, #Guth# 14^11.

nǣmel _receptive_, NC 311. [= numol]

nǣming f. _bargain, contract_, WW 180^17.

næmne = nefne

+næmnian (LL 455´) = nemnian

næmniendlic = nemniendlic

nǣnig pron. _no one, none, not any, no_ (used as sb. with gen. and as adj.). nǣnige ðinga (S 320) adv. _not at all, in no wise_. [ne, ǣnig]

nǣnig-wuht, -uht _in no wise, nothing_.

nǣniht (NG) = nānwiht

nǣnne v. nān.

nǣp m. _turnip, rape_, _Cp, Lcd_. [‘_neep_’]

nǣpsǣd n. _rape seed_, #Lcd#.

næpte = nefte

nǣre, nǣron (Æ, AO, CP) = ne wǣre, ne wǣron

nǣrende ptc. _not being_. [ne, wesan]

nǣrra = nēara

næs I. (AO, CP) = ne wæs. II. adv. _not, not at all_, CP. [= nalæs] III. = næss. IV. pret. 3 sg. of nesan.

næsc _fawn-skin_, #Gl, Lcd#.

næse (NG) = nese

næsgristle f. _nose-gristle_, #Gl#.

næs-hlið n. dp. -hleoðum _declivity, slope (of a headland)_, B 1428.

næss (e), næssa m. _‘ness,’ cliff, headland, cape_, _B_: (†) _earth, ground_.

+næstan _to contend_ (wið), #Rd# 28^10.

næster _‘caucale,’ an umbelliferous plant_? _wild carrot_? WW 202^1.

næsðȳrl n. _nostril_, Æ.

±nǣtan _to annoy, afflict, press upon, subdue_, CP.

nǣting f. _blaming_, CP 353^11.

nǣðl = nǣdl

nafa I. m. = nafu. II. = ne hafa imperat. of nabban.

nafað pres. 3 sg. of nabban.

nafela m. _navel_, Æ, AO.

nafeða m. _nave (of a wheel)_, WW 106^27.

nafogār m. ‘_auger_,’ _Gl, WW_.

nafu f. _nave (of a wheel)_, #Bo#.

nafula = nafela

nafulsceaft f. _navel_, #Lcd# 3·124^22.

+nāg _striking, pressing_? #Rim# 57?

nāgan* pres. 3 sg. nāh; pret. nāhte, nāhton _not to owe, not to be bound, not to be allowed, to have no right to, not to own, not to have, to lose, be unable to_, AO. nāhte _ought not_. [ne, āgan]

nāht (ǣ, āu, ō) I. n. _‘naught,’ nothing_, _Æ_: _wickedness, evil-doing_, _CP_ (nāwht). instr. nāhte w. comparatives = _nothing_. II. _useless, bad, poor_. III. adv. _not, not at all_, CP. [nā, wiht]

nāhte v. nāgan.

nāhtfremmend m. _evil-doer_, #PPs# 58^2.

nāhtgītsung [nāuht-] f. _wicked avarice_, CP 333^5.

nāhtlic _good for nothing, worthless, of no avail_, #Chr# 979#e#. adv. -līce _wickedly, badly_, _VPs_ (ō). [‘_noughtly_’]

nāhtnes f. _worthlessness_, #Chr# 449#a#.

nāhtscipe f. _worthlessness_, #Chr# 449#e#.

nāh-wǣr, -wǣrn adv. _‘nowhere,’ in no case, never, not at all_, _A, Æ, Bl_; GD (ō).

nāhwæðer pron. and conj. _neither_, _CP_. [‘_nauther_’]

nāhwār = nāhwǣr

nāhwider _‘no-whither,’ nowhere_, _Bo, RB_.

nāhwonan adv. _from nowhere_.

nalæs, nalas, nales (AO, CP), nalles (CP), nals = nealles

nalde (N, #VPs#) = nolde pret. of *nyllan.

nam I. pret. 3 sg. of niman. II. (N) = ne eom

nām f. _(legal) seizure_, LL.

nama (o) m. ‘_name_,’ _Æ_; AO, CP: _noun_, #ÆGr#.

nambōc (o) f. _register of names (in a book)_, WW 342^11.

nambred (o) n. _register of names (on a tablet)_, WW 499^40. [_Ger._ brett]

namcūð _well-known, celebrated_, Æ.

namcūðlīce adv. _by name_, Æ.

±namian _to ‘name,’ mention_, _Æ_: _nominate, appoint_.

nammǣlum adv. _by name_, OEG 880.

+namna m. _companion_, #Rd# 53^3; 54^13?

namnian _to address, invoke_, Æ.

nāmon pret. pl. of niman.

nāmrǣden f. _learning_, WW 431^8.

nān as. nǣnne, nānne I. pron. and adj. _‘none,’ not one, no_, _Bl, Chr, Ct, HL_. nāna ðinga _on no account_. II. sb. w. g. _none, no one, nothing_, _Bo, Jn, RB_. [nē, ān]

nān-wiht, -(w)uht I. n. (often w. g.) _nothing, naught_, AO, CP. II. adv. _not at all, in no wise_.

nāp pret. 3 sg. of nīpan.

nard m. _spikenard, unguent_. [_L._ nardus]

nart (_JnL_) = neart

naru = nearu

nas = næs = ne wæs [[form of “wesan”]]

nāst (= ne wāst) v. nytan.

nasðȳrl = næsðȳrl

nasu = nosu

nāt (_Bo, Jn_) = ne wāt, v. nytan.

nāteshwōn (Æ), nāteðæshwōn adv. _not, not at all, by no means_.

nāthwā adj. pron. _some one (nescio quis)_.

nāthwǣr adv. _somewhere or other_.

nāthwæt pron. _something or other_.

nāt-hwilc, -hwylc adj. pron. (indef.) _(I know not which), some one or other_.

nātōhwōn, nātōðæshwōn = nāteshwōn

nāðēlǣs (AO) = nāðȳlǣs

nāðer (Æ, AO, CP), nāðor (Æ) = nāhwæðer

nāðinc n. _nothing_, HL 18^48.

nāðȳlǣs _notwithstanding, nevertheless_, AO (ē^2).

nāuht = nāht

nāwa adv. _never_, #Lcd# 94b. [ne, āwa]

nāwer = nāhwǣr

nāwērn [= nāhwǣrn] adv. _nowhere_, WW. [[under “nāhwǣr”]]

nāwht, nāwiht = nāht

nāwðer = nāhwæðer

nāwuht (CP) = nāwiht, nāht [[under “nāwht”]]

ne I. adv. _not, no_, Æ, CP. II. conj. _neither, nor_, Æ, CP.

nēa- = nēah-

nēad = nīed

nēad- v. also nīed-, nȳd-.

nēadclamm n. _necessity, extremity_, #LPs# 106^28.

nēadcofa m. _prison_, #An# 1311.

nēadgafol n. _tax, tribute_, LL.

nēadgewuna m. _enforced custom_, WW 221^8.

nēadgylda m. _debtor_, WW 221^10.

nēadhād m. _compulsion, force_, WW 480^21.

nēadhǣs f. _order which one must obey_, LL 12.

±nēadian _to compel, force, constrain, urge, impel_, Æ.

nēadignes f. _obligation_, OEG 2106.

nēadinga (AO), nēadlunga = nēadunga

nēadðearflic _necessary, useful_. adv. -līce, #ÆGr#.

nēadðearfnes f. _opportunity, occasion_, #LPs# 9^22.

nēadðing n. _necessary thing_, RB 57; ÆP 13^7?

nēadung f. _compulsion_, Æ.

nēadunga, nēadunge adv. _compulsorily, forcibly_, Æ.

nēadwīs _needful, fitting, due_, Æ. adv. _of necessity_, Æ.

nēadwīsnes f. _necessity_, OEG 2396.

nēadwīte n. _inevitable punishment_, MF (Vesp. D xiv).

nēadwraca m. _avenger by necessity_, TC 611^29.

nēah I. (e, i) [comp. nēara, superl. nīehsta q.v.] adj. _‘near,’ nigh, close_, _BH_; AO, CP: _late_. II. adv. _‘near,’ nigh, about, almost, nearly, lately_, _AO, Bo, G, Lcd, Met_, _etc._; CP. nēar and nēar _nearer and nearer_. æt nīehstan _next, at length, finally_. III. prep. w. d. _near, close to_: _according to_, AO.

+nēah I. † _sufficiency, abundance_. II. pres. 3 sg. of +nugan.

nēahbūend m. _neighbour_, #Rd# 26^2.

nēahceaster f. _nearest town_, BH 52^27 (nēh-).

nēahcyrice f. _neighbouring church_, GD.

nēahdǣl m. _neighbourhood_, GD 71^30.

nēahdūn f. _neighbouring hill_, #Nar# 14^6.

nēahēa f. _neighbouring river_, #Nar# 22^9.

nēahēaland n. _neighbouring island_, MH 84^17.

nēahfæder m. ‘_vicinus pater_,’ GD 179^7.

nēah-feald, -fealdlic (GD) _intimate_.

nēahfrēond (ē^1) m. _near friend, near kinsman_, #Guth# 56^22.

nēahgangol (w. d.) _placed near_, ÆL 23^131.

nēahgebūr m. ‘_neighbour_,’ _CP_.

nēahgebȳren (nēhhe-) f. _neighbour_, LkL 15^9.

nēahgebȳrild (nēhe-) m. _neighbour_, LkL 15^9.

nēahgehūsa (ē) m. _neighbour_, #JVPs#.

±neah-he, -hi(g)e (usu. +) _sufficiently_: _abundantly_: _often, frequently_: _earnestly_.

nēahhebūr = nēahgebūr

+neahhelīce (nehl-) _sufficiently, frequently, usually_, LL, #Guth#.

nēahhergung f. _war close at hand_.

neah-hie, -hige = neahhe

+nēahian _to draw near to_, #LPs# 90^10.

nēahlǣcan = nēalǣcan

nēahland n. _neighbourhood_, GD 69^28.

nēah-mǣg m. nap. -māgas _near relation_.

nēahmǣgð f. _neighbouring tribe_, BH.

nēahmann m. _neighbour_, BH.

nēahmunt m. _neighbouring mountain_, GD.

nēahnes f. _nearness, neighbourhood_, BH.

nēahnunnmynster _neighbouring convent_, BH 254^10.

nēahsibb I. adj. _related_. II. f. _affinity, relationship_.

nēahsta = nīehsta

nēahstōw f. _neighbourhood, place near_.

neaht (_Met_) = niht

nēahtīd f. _approaching time_, BH 290^29.

nēahtūn (ē) m. _neighbouring town or village_.

nēahðēod f. _neighbouring nation_, AO.

nēahwæter n. _neighbouring piece of water_, #Nar# 22^24.

+nēahwian (ē) _to draw near, cleave to_, NG.

nēahwudu m. _neighbouring wood_, GD 229^20.

±nēalǣcan (w. d.) _to draw near, approach_, _Æ_; AO, CP: _be near_, GD 85^9: _cling to_, #CPs# 136^6. [‘_nehleche_’; nēah, lǣcan]

nēalǣcung f. _approach, access_, Æ.

nēalic (ē) _near, neighbouring_. adv. -līce _nearly, about_, _Bl_; CP. [‘_nighly_’]

nealles adv. _not, not at all, by no means_, CP.

neam = neom

nēam- = nēahm-

nēan adv. _from near by_: _close at hand, near_: _nearly, about_.

+nēan = +nēhwian [[under “nēahwian”]]

neap = hnæpp

nēar comp. of nēah, adv. _near, nearer_, AO.

+near = +ner

nēara, nēarra (AO), comp. of nēah, adj. _later, latter, nearer_.

neara- = nearo-

nearo (AO) = nearu

nearobregd f. _crafty trick_, #Jul# 302.

nearocræft m. _skill in enclosing_? B 2243.

nearofāh _intensely hostile_? B 2317.

nearogrāp f. _close grasp_, #Rd# 81^6.

nearolic _oppressive, straitened_, #El# 913. adv. -līce _narrowly, closely, briefly, accurately_, Æ, CP: _strictly, stringently, oppressively_.

nearonēd f. _urgent need_.

nearones f. _strait_, AO: _oppression_: _distress, anxiety, trouble_.

nearoðancnes f. _wickedness_, #LPs# 27^4.

nearoðearf f. _dire need_, #Cr# 69.

neart _art not_, _Bo_. [‘_nart_’; ne eart]

nearu I. † f? n? gs. nearu, near(o)we _strait, danger, distress, difficulty_. n. ðrōwian _to be in straits_: _confinement, imprisonment_: _prison, hiding place_. II. adj. _narrow, confined_, _AO, G_: _limited, petty_: _causing or accompanied by difficulty, hardship, oppressive_, _Bl, Rd_: _strict, severe_, CP. [‘_narrow_’]

nearu- = nearo-

nearusearu † f. _dark cunning_? _imprisonment_?

nearusorg f. _crushing distress_, #El# 1261.

nearuðanc m. _wickedness_, OEG.

nearuwrenc m. _evil trick_, #Mod# 44.

nearwe adv. _narrowly, closely, strictly_, _B, Met_: _carefully, exactly_, _El_; CP: _oppressively, forcibly_: _artfully_: _anxiously_. [‘_narrow_’]

nearwelīce = nearolīce

nearwian (±) _to force in, cramp, confine, afflict_: _become smaller, shrink_.

nearxnewang = neorxnawang

nēasian (#VPs#) = nēosian [[under “nēosan”]]

nēat n. _animal, beast, ox_, _CP, VPs_; pl. _cattle_. [‘_neat_’]

+nēat m. _companion, follower (esp. in war)_, _Chr, WW_: _dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord_, v. LL 2·427. [v. ‘_geneat_’]

nēaten = nīeten

±nēatland n. _land of a dependant or vassal_, LL 196, 1, 1.

+nēatmann = +nēat

+nēatriht n. _regulations as to the tenure of_ ‘genēatland,’ LL 445[2].

+neatscolu f. _band of comrades_, #Jul# 684.

nēawest (AO, CP), nēawist (Æ) fm. _neighbourhood, nearness, presence_: _society, cohabitation_. [nēah, wesan]

nēawung (N) f. _nearness_.

nebb n. _bill, beak, beak-shaped thing_, _Cp, Ph_: _nose_, _LL_: _face, countenance, complexion_, _Æ, CP_. [‘_neb_’]

nebb- = neb-

nebbian _to retort upon, rebuke, confront_, ÆH 1·256.

nebcorn n. _pimple_, #Lcd# 1·118.

nebgebræc n. _nasal mucus_, WW.

nebsealf f. _antimony, face-powder_, OEG.

nebwlātful _barefaced, shameless_, OEG 2^317.

nebwlātung f. _barefacedness, impudence_, OEG 4306.

nebwlite m. _face, countenance_, Æ.

nechebūr = nēahgebūr

necti- = nihte-

ned = net(t)

nēd = (1) nīed; (2) nēod

nēd- (A) = nēad-, nīed-, nȳd-

nēdl = nǣdl

nēdre (#VPs#), neddre = nǣdre

nefa m. (±) _nephew_, Æ, AO: _stepson_: _grandson_.

nefene f. _granddaughter_: _niece_.

nefne = nemne

nēfre = nǣfre adv.

nefte f. _cat’s mint_. [_L._ nepeta]

nēfugol m. _bird of prey_, #Gen# 2158. [*nēo, _corpse_; _Goth._ naus]

nēgan = nǣgan

negled- = nægled-

nēh == nēah

+nehe, +nehh(ig)e = +neahhe

nēhst = nīehst

nēhsta = nīehsta

neht == niht

neirxnawong (N) = neorxnawang

nēista = nīehsta

nele (AO, CP) = nelle (Æ) pres. 1, 3 sing., nelt = pres. 2 sg. of nellan.

nellan = *nyllan

nem-nan, -nian (±) _to name, call_, Æ, AO, CP: _enumerate_: _address, speak to_: _nominate_: _mention, relate_, Æ. [nama]

nemne (A; = WS nymðe) conj. and prep. _unless, except, save, only_.

nemnian = nemnan

nemniendlic, nemnigendlic _naming, nominative_, #ÆGr# 22^10.

nemning f. _name_.

nemðe = nymðe

nenā (WW 252^1) = ne nā v. nā.

nēnig (#KGl#) = nǣnig

nēobedd † n. _corpse-bed, bed of death_. [_Goth._ naus]

nēod I. f. (ē, īe, ȳ) _desire, longing_: _zeal, earnestness_: _pleasure, delight_. [_Goth._ niuðs] II. == nīed

nēode adv. (instr. of nēod) _eagerly, zealously, diligently_.

nēodfracu f. _yearning, greed_, #Met# 31^15 (v. ES 39·335).

nēodfrēond m. _kinsman, friend_, HL 18^150. [nīed]

nēodful _zealous, earnest_, #Jul# 720.

nēodhus n. _necessary chamber_, NC 312.

±nēodian (= ēa; impers. w. g.) _to be necessary, require, be required_, _RB_. [‘_need_’]

nēodlaðu f. _wish_, B 1320.

nēodlīce adv. _eagerly, carefully, zealously, diligently_, Æ: (†) _greatly_.

nēodlof n. _zealous praise_, #PPs# 148^12.

nēodspearuwa m. (_restless_?) _sparrow_, #PPs# 123^6.

nēodðearflic _necessary_, GD 148^6.

nēodweorðung f. _zealous honouring_, #PPs# 142^11.

neofa = nefa

nēol == neowol

nēo-lǣcan (#VPs#), -lēcan (_MtL_) = nēalǣcan

neom = ne eom (_am not_)

neoman = niman

nēomian _to sound sweetly_? #Wyrd# 84.

nēon = nīwan

+nēopan^2? _to engulf, overwhelm_, #Ex# 475.

nēor adv. = nēar

+neorð _contented_, Cp 544.

neorxnawang m. _Paradise_, Æ, CP; v. GK.

neorxnawanglic adj. _of paradise_, GD 179^1.

nēosan, nēosian (Æ) _to search out, find out, inspect_: (±) _visit, go to_: _attack, visit with affliction_.

nēosīð m. _death_, #Mod# 55.

neosu = nosu

±nēosung f. _access_: _visitation, visit_, Æ.

nēotan^2 (usu. w. g.) _to use, have the use of, enjoy, employ_. [_Ger._ geniessen]

nēoten = nīeten

neoð-an, -ane (i) adv. _below, down, beneath, from beneath_, _Æ, Bl, Bo_ (-on). [‘_nethen_’]

neoðanweard adj. _lower_, WW 26^6 (io).

neoðe- = niðe-

neoðon == neoðan

neoðor = niðor

neoðor- = niðer-

neoðoweard = niðeweard

neoðra = niðera

nēow- = nīw-

neowel = neowol

nēowērno (WW 454^28) = nāwērn

neowol (i) _precipitous_: _headlong_: _prone, prostrate_, _Æ, Bo_ (i): _obscure, deep down, abysmal_. [‘_nuel_’]

neowollic (i^1, e^2) _profound, deep_, ÆL 7^66.

neowolnes f. _depth, abyss, chasm_, Æ(i^1).

nēp only in phr. forðganges n. _without power of advancing_? #Ex# 469.

nēpflōd m. _neap-tide, ebb, low tide_, #Gl#.

nepte = nefte

±ner (ea) n. _refuge, protection_, ÆL, AO.

nēr = nēar

+ner-ednes, -renes f. _deliverance_.

nergend m. _saviour, preserver (Christ, God)_.

±nerian _to save, rescue, liberate_, Æ, AO, CP: _preserve, defend, protect_. [_Goth._ nasjan; _Ger._ nāhren]

neriend, nerigend = nergend

nērra = nēar(r)a

+nerstede m. _refuge, sanctuary_, WW 186^23.

nerung f. _guard, protection_, OEG 5395.

nerw- = nearw-, nirew-

nerx- = neorx-

±nesan^5 (usu. +) _to escape from, survive, be saved_.

nese (æ) adv. _no_, Æ, CP. [ne, sī]

ness = næss

nest I. n. ‘_nest_,’ _MtL, Ph_; Æ: _young bird, brood_. II. n. _food, provisions, victuals_.

nēst = nīehst

nēsta (#VPs#) = nīehsta

nestan _to spin_, NG.

nestig = nistig

nestlian _to make a nest_, #LPs# 103^16.

nestpohha m. _wallet_, MtL 10^10.

net = nett

net- = nyt-

neta m. _caul_, WW 266^20.

netan = nytan

netel, netele f. ‘_nettle_,’ _Lcd_.

nēten (_Bo, VPs_) == nīeten

netenes = nytennes

nētl (_Cp_) = nǣdl

netle (_Cp_) = netele [[under “netle”]]

neton = nyton pres. pl. of nytan.

netrāp m. _snare, gin_, WW.

nett (y) n. ‘_net_,’ _Æ, Bo, WW_: _netting, network, spider’s web_, _PPs_. [_Goth._ nati]

nette (y) f. _the net-like caul_, WW.

nettgern n. _knitting yarn_, EC 377. [gearn]

+nettian _to ensnare_, OEG 4596.

±nēðan _to venture on, dare, risk_, AO. [nōð]

+nēðedlic = +nīededlic

+neðerian = +niðerian

nēðing f. _boldness, daring_, AO.

nēðl (A) = nǣdl

neurisn f. _aneurism_, #Lcd#.

newesēoða (i^1) m. _pit of the stomach_? _bowels_? #Lcd#.

nēwest = nēawest

nēxt (LWS) == nīehst

nī- = nīg-, nīw-

nic, nice adv. _not I_ (= _no_). [ne, ic]

nicor (e^2) m. nap. nicras _water-sprite, sea-monster_, _B, Bl_: _hippopotamus, walrus_, _Nar_. [‘_nicker_’]

nicorhūs n. _sea-monster’s dwelling_, B 1411.

nīd = nīed

nīd- = nēad-, nīed-, nȳd-

nīed I. (ē, ēa, ēo, ī, ȳ) fn. _‘need,’ necessity, compulsion, duty_, _B_ (ȳ), _BH_ (ē), _NG_ (ē); AO, CP: _errand, business_, _Æ_ (ēo): _hardship, distress, difficulty, trouble, pain_, AO: _force, violence_, _VPs_ (ē): _what is necessary_: _inevitableness_: _fetter_, #Deor# 5: _name of the rune for =n=_. II. = nēod

nīed- v. also nēad-, nȳd-.

nīedan (ē, ī, ȳ) _to compel, force, urge, press_, _Æ_ (ȳ), _Bo, NG_ (ē); AO, CP. [‘_need_’]

nīedbād (ē, ȳ) f. _toll, exaction, blackmail_.

nīedbādere (ē) m. _toll-collector_, TC 29^10.

nīedbehǣfdlic _necessary_, BH 396^24.

nīedbehǣfednes f. _necessity_, Æ (ē^1).

nīedbehēfe _needful, necessary_, Æ(y^1).

nīedbeðearf (y^3) _necessary_, CP 7^7.

nīede, nīedes (ēa, ēo, ī, ȳ) adv. (instr. and gs. of nīed) _of need, needs, necessarily, compulsorily_, CP.

+nīededlic (ē) _compulsory_, BH 62^23 (v.l.).

nīedenga, nīedunga adv. _necessarily, by force, forcibly_, CP.

nīedfaru † f. _compulsory journey, death_.

nīedhǣmed (ē, ȳ) n. _rape_, LL.

nīedhīernes (e^1, e^2) f. _slavery_, DR 6^5.

nīedling m. _slave_, AO: _sailor_.

nīedmicel (ē) _urgent_.

nīednǣm f. _seizure_.

nīedscyld f. _moral necessity_, CP 57^6.

nīedsibb (ēa) f. _relationship_, OEG.

nīedðearf I. f. _need, necessity, compulsion, force_, CP: _distress_: _want, thing needed_. II. adj. _necessary_.

nīedðearfnes (ēa, ē, ȳ) f. _need, necessity_: _compulsion_: _distress, trouble_.

nīedðēow (ē, ȳ) m. _slave_.

nīedðrafung f. _reproof_, CP 297^22.

nīedwǣdla m. _poor wretch_, #Gen# 929.

nīehst I. adv. (superl. of nēah) _most nearly, in closest proximity_: _last (in time)_, _Bl, Gen_ (ē). II. adj. _latest, last_, _Æ, Jud, VPs_ (ē): _nearest, ‘next,’_ _CP, Chr, KC, MkL_ (ē). æt nīehstan _at last, next_.

nīehsta mf. _closest friend_, _CP_: (±) _neighbour_, _MkL, VPs_: _next of kin_, _LL_. [‘_next_’]

nieht (CP) = niht

nierwan = nearwian

nīeten (ē, ēo, ī, ȳ) n. _small animal, beast, cattle_, _Bo, Lcd_; AO, CP. [‘_neten_’; nēat]

nīetencynn n. _kind of animal_.

nīetenlic _animal, brutish_, #Bo# 35^28 (ē). adv. -līce _like an animal_, W 55^16 (ȳ).

nīetennes f. _brutishness_, Æ (ȳ).

nieðemest = niðemest

nieðer == niðer

nīewe = nīwe

nīfara m. _new comer, stranger_, #PPs# 38^15.

nifol _dark, gloomy_ [= neowol]

nift f. _niece_, _BH, Ep, TC_: _granddaughter_: _step-daughter_. [‘_nift_’]

nīg- = nīw-

nigan == nigon

nīge- = nigo-

nīgecyrred _newly converted_, OEG 3447.

nīgefara = nīfara

nīgehalgod _newly consecrated (of a king)_, _newly crowned_, ÆL 18^326.

nīgehwyrfed _newly converted_, ÆL 5^126.

nigenda = nigoða

nīghworfen _newly converted_, ÆH 2·130^27.

nigon ‘_nine_,’ _A, Bl, Chr_; AO, CP.

nigonfeald ‘_ninefold_,’ _ÆGr_.

nigongylde _entitled to ninefold compensation_, LL 470[7].

nigonnihte _nine days old_, ANS 129·22.

nigontēoða ‘_nineteenth_,’ _Chr_: ‘_ninetieth_,’ OEG 2521 (nigen-).

nigontīene (ȳ^3) ‘_nineteen_,’ _A, Men_.

nigontig ‘_ninety_,’ _Lk_; CP.

nigontȳnlic _containing the number nineteen_.

nigonwintre _nine years old_, AO 186^10.

nigoða (y) ‘_ninth_,’ _Bl_; MH (y): _ninth part_, _Bl_.

nigoðe _ninthly_, LL 181[9].

nīgslȳcod ptc. _freshly smoothed, glossy_, MH 206^27.

nigun = nigon

nīh (#KGl# 55^25) = nēah

nihold (#Gl#), nihol = neowol

nīhst = nīehst

nīhsta = nīehsta

nihstig = nistig

niht (æ, e, ea, ie, y) f. (gs. also nihtes) ‘_night_’ (often used in enumerations where mod. Eng. uses days); _darkness_, _BH, Bl, Cr, Lcd_; AO, CP.

niht- = nyht-

nihtbealu n. _destruction by night_, B 193.

nihtbutorflēoge f. _beetle or moth which flies by night_, WW 121^13; A 8·450.

nihtēage _that can see at night_, WW.

nihteald _(night-old), that has happened yesterday_, LL.