A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students
Chapter 42
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.