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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#.

Norðhymbre = (1) Norðanhymbre; (2) Norðhymbrisc

Norðhymbrisc _Northumbrian_, Æ.

norðland n. _northern land or shore_, _AO, Chr_. [‘_northland_’]

norðlanu f. _north lane_, Ct.

norðlēode mp. _northern folk, Angles_, LL.

norðlic _northern_, WW 361^1.

norðmann m. _dweller in the north, Scandinavian_, _Æ, AO, Chr_. [‘_Northman_’]

norðmest (_AO, Met_) superl. of norð adj. and adv. [‘_northmost_’]

norðor (_AO_) v. norð. [‘_norther_’]

norðportic m. _north porch_, BH 106^2.

norðra v. norð.

norðrodor m. _northern sky_, #Gu# 1253.

norðryhte adv. _direct northwards, due north_, AO 17^9,12.

norðsǣ f. _northern sea_, ‘_North Sea_,’ _Æ, Chr_.

norðscēata m. _northern point, promontory_, AO 28^3.

norððēod f. _northern people_, BH 50^12.

norððunor m. _thunder from the north_, ES 39·351.

Norð-wēalas, -wālas mp. _North Welsh (i.e. not Cornish)_: _Wales_.

Norðwēalcynn n. _inhabitants of (North) Wales_, #Chr#.

norðweard adj. and adv. _north, ‘northward,’_ _Chr_; AO.

norðweardes adv. ‘_northwards_,’ _Chr_.

norðweg m. _a way leading northwards_, #Ex# 68: _Norway_.

norðwest adv. ‘_north-west_,’ _AO, BC_.

norðwestende m. _north-west end_, AO.

norðwestgemǣre m. _north-west limit, boundary_, AO 8^31.

norðwind m. _north wind_, WW 378^8.

nōse † f. _ness, promontory_.

nosgrisele = nosugrisle

nosle (_WW_ 153) = nostle

nostle f. _fillet, band_, _CP, WW_. [‘_nostel_’]

nos-ðīrl, -ðȳr(e)l, -terl (_WW_) n. ‘_nostril_,’ _Æ, Lcd_.

nosu f. gds. nosa, nose ‘_nose_,’ _Æ, Chr, CP_.

nosugrisle f. _nose-gristle_.

nōt m. _mark, note_, A 8·333. [_L._ nota]

nōtere m. _one who makes notes, scribe, writer_, OEG 2846. [_L._ notarius]

nōteðǣshwōn = nāteshwōn

notgeorn _industrious_, W 72^9. [nēotan]

±notian _to enjoy_: _use, employ_, _Bo, RB, WW_; Æ, CP: _discharge an office_: (+) ‘_note_,’ MtL.

notu f. _enjoyment, use, advantage, utility_, _AO, RB_: _employment, office, discharge of a duty_, _RB_; CP. [‘_note_’; nēotan]

notwrītere m. _one who makes notes, scribe_, WW 451^35.

nōð † f. _daring, boldness_: _booty, plunder_ (GK), #Whale# 28?

nōðer (_CP_) = nāhwæðer. [‘_nother_’]

nōwend m. _shipmaster, sailor_, NC 312.

nōwēr = nāhwǣr

nō-wiht (_CP, VPs_), -wuht, -wyht = nāht. [‘_nought_’]

nōwðer (_BC_) = nāhwæðer. [‘_nouther_’]

nū I. adv. _‘now,’ at present, at this time_, _A, AO, Bl, VPs_; CP: _very recently_, _A, Bo_: _introducing commands, requests (Bl, Cr, Ps) and arguments (Æ, Bo, CP)_. nū gēn _still_. nū gīet _as yet, still_. nū ðā _now, already_, _Æ_ (‘_nowthe_’). II. conj. _now that, inasmuch as, because, since, when_, _Bl, Bo, VPs_; AO, CP. III. interj. _lo! behold! come!_ Æ. nū lā _now_.

+nugan* swv. impers. pres. 3 sg. +neah _to suffice, not to lack_.

numen I. pp. of niman. II. ‘_vulsio_,’ MkL p. 2^17 (v. A 16·74).

numol (æ^1, e^2, u^2) _‘capax,’ holding much, quick at learning_, _ÆGr, WW_: _‘mordax,’ quick at seizing_, NC 313. [‘_nimble_’]

nūna adv. _now_, WW 254^24.

nunfǣmne f. _nun_, GD 50, 340.

nunhīred m. _nunnery_, TC 232^6.

nunlīf n. _life of a nun_, GD 199^16.

nunmynster, nunnanmynster n. _convent, nunnery_.

nunne f. ‘_nun_,’ _Æ, BH_: _pagan priestess, vestal_, _AO_.

nunscrūd n. _nun’s dress_, TC 538^12.

nusēoða = newesēoða

nūðā v. nū.

nybðe (VHy) = nymðe

+nycled (#Gl#) = +cnycled

nȳd I. = nīed. II. = nēod

nȳd- = nēad-, nīed-

nȳdbebod n. _command_, #Creat# 72.

nȳdbe-hōf, -hōflic _needful, necessary_.

nȳdboda m. _messenger of evil_? #Ex# 474.

nȳdbrice (ē) m. _requirement, need_, ÆH 2·144^31.

nȳdbysgu f. _toil, trouble_, #Rim# 44.

nȳdbysig _distressed_, #Jul# 423.

nȳdcleofa † m. _prison_.

nȳdcosting f. _affliction_, #Gu# 1126.

nȳddǣda m. _one who acts under compulsion_, LL 36[26].

+nȳdenlic _compulsory_, BH 62^23#b#.

nȳdfara m. _fugitive, exile_, #Ex# 208.

nȳdgedāl † n. _forced dissolution, death_.

nȳdgenga m. _wretched wanderer_, #Da# 633.

nȳdgestealla m. _comrade in need_, B 882.

nȳdgewald m. _tyranny_, #Cr# 1451.

nȳdgild n. _exaction, tribute_, W 162^11.

nȳdgrāp f. (#Rim# 73), nȳdgripe m. (B 976) _coercive grip_.

nȳdhǣmestre (ē) f. _mistress, concubine_, OEG 4451.

nȳdhelp mf. _help in trouble_, LL (278^2).

±nȳd-mǣg m., -māge f. _blood-relation, cousin_, LL.

nȳdmægen (ē^1) n. _force_, DR 117^13.

nȳdnǣman _to force, ravish_, LL.

nȳdnes f. _necessity_, LL (158^10).

nȳdnima (ē) m. _one who takes by force_, NG.

nȳdniman^3 (ēa) _to take by force, abduct_, LL 360[73,2].

nȳdnimu (ē) f. _rapine, forcible seizure_.

nȳdnimung f. _rapine, abduction_.

nȳdriht n. _imperative duty, office_: _due, tribute_.

nȳdðēowetling m. _bondslave_, TC 628^13.

nȳdðēowigan _to reduce to servitude, exact service from (an ecclesiastical establishment)_, LL 381[21].

nȳdwracu † f. _violence, distress_.

nȳdwrǣclīce _violently_, ÆL 23b^404.

nȳdwyrhta m. _involuntary agent_, LL.

+nyhe = +neahhe

nȳhst == nīehst

nyht == niht

+nyht fn. _abundance, fulness, sufficiency_, CP. [+nugan]

+nyhtful _abundant, plentiful_, WW 40^34.

+nyhtlīce _abundantly_, WW 3^2.

±nyhtsum _abundant_: (+) _satisfied, contented_, adv. -līce, #VPs#.

+nyhtsumian _to suffice, abound_, Æ.

+nyhtsumnes f. _abundance, plenty_, #VPs#.

+nyhð (W 196^21) = +nyht?

nyllan* anv. pret. nolde _to be unwilling_, _Æ, B, CP, VPs_; AO: _refuse, prevent_, _PPs_ 5^3. [‘_nill_’; ne, willan]

nyman = niman

-nyme v. fore-n.

nymne = nemne, nefne

nymðe conj. _unless, except_.

+nyp = +nip

nypel m. _trunk (of an elephant)_, Æ (4^286).

nȳr = nēar = nēah adv.

nyrgend = nergend

nyrðra = norðerra

±nyrwan, nyrwian _to narrow, curtail, restrict_: _repress, oppress, constrain_: _blame, threaten_. [v. ‘_narrow_’]

nyrwett = nirewett

nys = nis = ne is [[form of “wesan”]]

nysse, nyste (_Bo, Bl, VPs_) = ne wisse, ne wiste v. nytan. [‘_nist_’]

nystlan = nistlan

nyt = (1) nytt; (2) nett

+nȳt pres. 3 sg. of +nīedan.

[[main entry is nīedan without +]]

nytan (e, i) anv. pres. 1, 3 sg. nāt, 2 nāst, pl. nyton, pret. nyste, nysse _not to know, to be ignorant_, Æ, AO, CP. [ne, witan]

nyten _ignorant_, Æ. [ne, witan]

nȳten (_Lcd_) == nīeten

nytende adv. _ignorantly_, Æ.

nytendnes = nytennes

nytenlic _ignorant_, Æ.

nytennes (e, i) f. _ignorance, laziness, ignominy_, Æ.

nytlic _useful, profitable_. [_Ger._ nützlich]

nytlicnes f. _utility_, #Lcd# 1·314^8.

nytnes f. _use, benefit, convenience_.