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.
nihtegale (a, æ, e) f. _nightingale_, _Cp_: _night-jar_. [‘_nightgale_’]
nihtēge = nihtēage
nihtegesa m. _nocturnal terror_, #PPs# 90^5.
nihtelic = nihtlic
nihterne adv. _by night_: _during a night_, #Lcd#.
nihternnes f. _night season_, #Lcd# 3·288^21.
nihtes (æ) adv. (gs. of niht) _by night_, Æ.
nihtfeormung † f. _shelter at night_.
nihtgenga † m. _night-goer, goblin_.
nihtgenge f. _night-prowler, hyæna_, WW.
nihtgerīm † n. _number of nights_.
nihtgild n. _night sacrifice or service_, #Gl#.
nihtglōm m? _gloom of night_, #Gu# 916.
nihthelm † m. _shades of night_.
niht-hræfn, -hrefn, -hremn m. _night-raven, night-jar_.
nihthrōc m. _night-raven_, #LPs# 101^7.
nihthwīl f. _space of a night_, W 147^9.
+nihtian _to become night, grow dark_, NC 295.
nihtlang _lasting through the night_, Æ. adv. -langes, Æ.
nihtlic _nocturnal, of the night, at night_, Æ, CP.
nihtnehstig _having fasted for a night_, #Lcd#.
nihtremn = nihthræfn
nihtrest f. _couch_, #Gen# 2863.
nihtrīm = nihtgerīm
nihtsang m. _compline_: _book of service for compline_.
nihtscadu (a^3) _night-shade (plant)_, WW 135^3.
niht-scūa † m., gs. -scu(w)an _shades of night_.
nihtslǣp m. _night’s sleep_, ÆL 23^442.
nihtsum = nyhtsum
nihtwacu f. _night-watching_, _Seaf_ 7. [‘_night-wake_’]
nihtwæcce f. _‘night-watch,’ vigil_, _Lk_.
nihtwaru f. _clothing for night_, RB 90^4.
nihtweard m. _guardian at night_, #Ex# 116.
nihtweorc n. _deed done at night_, B 827.
nīhð (MP 1·613) pres. 3 sg. of nēahwan. [[variant of “nēahwian”?]]
nīhwyrfed (OEG 3138) = nīgehwyrfed
nīlǣred _newly initiated_, OEG 3138.
nile = nyle, pres. 1 sg. of *nyllan.
±niman^4 (eo, io, y) _to take, assume, undertake, accept, receive, get_,
_Bo, VPs_, _etc._: _hold, seize, catch, grasp, pluck up, carry off_,
_Bl_ (eo): _bear, carry, bring_: _betake oneself, go_, _Bo_: _contain_:
_suffer, tolerate_: _give_: (+) _grasp, comprehend_: (+) _take to wife_.
frið +n. _make peace_. hē hine genam _he collected himself, reflected_.
sige n. _gain victory_. on n. _take effect_, #Lcd#. [‘_nim_’]
-nimend, -nimendnes v. dǣl-n.
niming f. _action of taking_, _LkL_. [‘_nimming_’]
nimðe = nymðe
nīol = neowol
nīow- = nēow-
nip? sb. _rope_, GPH 399^451.
+nip _darkness, mist, cloud, obscurity_, Æ. [nīpan]
±nīpan^1 † _to grow dark, obscure_.
+nipful _dark, gloomy_, ES 39·347.
nirewett (nirw-) n. _narrowness_: _narrow place, defile, pass_, AO:
_hardness of breathing_.
nirwan = nearwian
nirwð f. _prison house_, WW 399^5. [nierwan]
nis (_Æ, Bo, VPs_) = ne is (_is not_). [‘_nis_’]
nisēoða = newesēoða
nīsoden ptc. _newly-boiled_, OEG 326.
nistan (_VPs_), nistian (_SPs_) _to build nests_. [‘_nest_’]
nistig adj. _fasting_, #Lcd#. [ne, wist]
nist-lan (_PPs_), -lian (_EPs_) (y) _to build nests_. [‘_nestle_’]
nit- = nyt-
nīten = nīeten
niton (_Bo_) = nyton v. nytan. [‘_niten_’]
nið n. _abyss_, #Sat# 634?
nīð m. _strife, enmity, attack, war_: _evil, hatred, spite_, _Bl, Cr,
VPs_; AO, CP: _oppression, affliction, trouble, grief_, AO. [‘_nith_’]
niðan = neoðan
nīðan _to hate_, GD 117^5.
niðas = niððas [[headword spelled “nīððas”]]
nīðcwalu f. _violent death, destruction_, #Cr# 1258.
nīðcwealm ‡ m. _violent death, destruction_.
nīðdraca m. _hostile dragon_, B 2273.
niðemest v. niðera.
niðer (io, y) adv. _below, beneath_, _Æ, B, Bo_; AO, CP. [‘_nether_’]
niðera (eo, y) (comp.) adj. niðemest, nyðemest (superl.; positive not
found) _lower, under, lowest_, _Bo, WW_; CP. [‘_nether_’]
niðerāscūfan (ēo^4) _to push down_, Æ.
niðerāstīgan^1 _to descend_, Æ, CP.
niðerātredan^5 _to tread down, tread under foot_.
niðerbogen ptc. _bent down_, KC 4·72^1.
niðerdǣl m. _lower part_, #PPs# 138^12.
niðere adv. _below, down, low down_, _Bo_. [‘_nether_’]
niðerflōr f. _lower story_, GD 170^17.
niðergān (y^1) _to descend_, Æ.
niðergang (y) m. _descent_, #Lcd# 3·246^8.
niðerheald _bent downwards_, #Met# 31^23.
niðerhreosende (y) _falling down_, Æ.
niðerhryre (y^1) m. _downfall, precipitation_, #Sc# 229^12.
±niðerian (e, y) _to depress, abase, bring low, oppress_, _Jud, Lk,
VPs_; AO, CP: _condemn, accuse_. +nyðred _ignominious_, ÆL 23b^14.
[‘_nither_’]
+niðerigendlic (y) _deserving condemnation_, #Sc# 162^18.
niðerlic _low, low-lying, inferior, lowly_, CP.
niðernes (y) f. _deepness, bottom_, BH 212^21.
niðerra = niðera
niðerscēotende (y) _rushing downwards_.
niðerscyfe m. _rushing downwards, descent_, #HGl# 468.
niðersige (y^1) m. _going down_, #LPs#.
niðerstīgan = niðerāstīgan
niðerstige (y^1) m. _descent_.
niðertorfian _to throw down_, GPH 390.
niðerung f. _humiliation, downthrow, condemnation_, _BH_ (y), _OEG_.
[‘_nither_’]
+niðerung f. _abasement_, Æ: _condemnation_, Æ.
niðerweard adj. _directed downwards_. adv. -weardes.
niðeweard _situated beneath, low, nethermost_.
nīðful _envious, quarrelsome, ill-disposed, evil_, _Æ_. [‘_nithfull_’]
nīðfullīce _maliciously_, ÆH 1·46^25.
nīðgæst † (y^2) m. _hostile alien, fell demon_.
nīðgetēon n. _attack_, #Gen# 2068.
nīðgeweorc n. _evil deed_, B 683.
nīðgrama m. _anger, malice_, W 180^9.
nīðgrim † _fierce, hostile_.
nīðgripe m. _fierce grasp_, B 976? [or ? nȳd-]
nīðheard † (and #EPs# 27^4) _bold, brave in battle_.
nīðhell f. _hateful hell_, HL 15^150.
nīðhete † m. _hostility, evil intent_: _affliction, torment_: _foe_,
#An# 833?
nīðhycgende † _evil-scheming_.
nīðhȳdig (ē^2) _valorous_, B 3165.
nīðig _envious, malicious_, OEG p. 224n.
nīðing m. _wretch, villain, coward, outlaw_, _Chr, LL_. [‘_nithing_’]
+nīðla † m. _enemy_: _enmity, fierceness_ (? +nīðle).
nīðlīce adv. _abjectly_, OEG 744.
nīðloca m. _place of torment_, #Hell# 64.
niðor (eo, y) comp. adv. _lower_, Æ, CP.
nīðplega m. _battle, fight_, #An# 414.
niðr- = niðer-
nīðsceaða m. _foe, persecutor_, #Rd# 16^24.
nīðscipe m. _wickedness_, #LPs# 7^10.
nīðsele m. _hall of conflict_, B 1513.
nīðsynn f. _grievovs sin_, #Sat# 180.
nīððas † mpl. _men_.
nīðweorc n. _battle_, †#Chr# 973.
nīðwracu † f. _severe punishment_.
nīðwundor ‡ n. _dire wonder, fearful portent_.
nīwan (ēo) adv. _newly, lately_, Æ, AO.
nīwanācenned _new-born_, MH 170^12.
nīwancumen (WW) = nīwcumen
nīwane = nīwan
nīwbacen (nīg-) _newly baked_, Æ.
nīwcend _new born_, BH 144^23 (nīc-).
nīwcilct _newly whitewashed_, AO 286^30.
nīwcumen (nī(g)-) _neophyte_, RB.
nīwe (ēo, īe) I. (nīg-, nī-, in compounds) adj. _‘new,’ fresh, recent,
novel, unheard of, untried, inexperienced_, _Æ, AO, BH, NG, Ph, WW_; CP.
nīwan stefne _again_. II. adv. (_Bl_) = nīwan. [‘_new_’]
niwel == neowol
nīwerne (ȳ) _tender_, Æ.
niwesēoða = newesēoða
nīwian _to renew, restore_, _El, Lcd_. [‘_new_’]
niwiht = nāht
nīwlic (ȳ) _fresh_. adv. -līce _lately, recently_, _Æ, AO_. [‘_newly_’]
nīwlinga (ēo) _anew_, GD 266^28.
nīwnes f. _‘newness,’ novelty_, _BH_ (ēo).
niwol = neowol
nīwtyrwed _newly tarred_, B 295.
nīwung f. _rudiment_, OEG 914.
nīwunga (eo) adv. _newly, anew_.
nixtnig = nistig
nō (CP) = nā
noctern m? n? _nocturn (religious service)_, CM 220^561.
+nōg, +nðh I. adj. _enough, sufficient, abundant_, _An, Bo, RB_; CP:
_much, many_. II. adv. _sufficiently_, _Bo_: _fully, quite, abundantly_,
_Bo_. [‘_enough_’]
+nōgian _to be abundant_, NC 345.
nōh- = nāh-
nolde v. *nyllan.
nom pret. 3 sg. of niman.
nom-, nome- = nam-
non m. _title of senior monks_, RB.
nōn fn. (m. RB 73^14) _the ninth hour_ (= 3 p.m.), _B, BH, Lcd_: _nones
(service held at the ninth hour)_, _RB, WW_. tō nōnes _till three
o’clock_. [‘_noon_’; _L._ nona (hora)]
nōnbelle f. _noon-bell_.
nōngereord n. _meal after nones, dinner_, RB 74^8.
nōnmete m. _afternoon meal_, _Sol, WW_. [‘_noonmeat_’]
nonne = nunne
nōnsang m. _service at 3 p.m., nones_.
nōntīd f. _ninth hour_, _Æ, Bl_. [‘_noontide_’]
nōntīma m. _ninth hour_.
norð I. adj. comp. norð(er)ra, superl. norðmest _northern_, AO. II. adv.
comp. norðor _northwards_, _Chr, Met_: _in the north, ‘north,’_ _AO,
B, Bl_.
norðan adv. _from the north_, AO. be...norðan prep. (w. d.) _north
of_, AO.
norðanēastan adv. _from the north-east, north-easterly_, AO.
norðanēastanwind m. _north-east wind_, WW.
Norðanhymbre, Norðhymbre mp. _Northumbrians_, _Chr_: _Northumbria_.
[‘_Northumber_’]
norðanweard _northward_.
norðanwestan adv. _from the north-west, north-westerly_, AO.
norðanwestanwind m. _north-west wind_, WW 8^10.
norðanwind m. _north wind_.
norðdǣl m. _north quarter, northern part, north_, _Æ, AO, Chr_.
[‘_northdeal_’]
norðduru f. _north door_, #Bl# 203.
norðēast sbm. and adv. ‘_north-east_,’ _BC, Chr_.
norðēastende m. _north-east end_, AO 14^14.
norðēasthyrne f. _north-east corner_, LV 71.
norðēastlang _extending north-eastwards_, AO.
norðemest = norðmest
norðende m. _northern quarter_.
norðerne ‘_northern_,’ _Northumbrian, Scandinavian_, _Æ, Chr, Met_.
norðerra (_BC, Chr_) comp. adj. v. norð. [‘_norther_’]
norðeweard adj. _northward, north_, AO.
norðfolc n. _northern folk_: _people of Norfolk_.
norðgemǣre n. _northern limit_, AO.
norðhealf f. _north side, north_, _AO, Bl_. [‘_northhalf_’]
norðhere m. _army from the north_, #Chr# 910#a#.