sē þe hine dēað nimeð
(_he whom death carrieth off_), 441; so, 447; nymeð, 1847; nymeð nȳd-bāde,
599; subj.
(_he whom death carrieth off_), 441; so, 447; nymeð, 1847; nymeð nȳd-bāde,
599; subj.
Beowulf
.
), 1934; pret.
sg.
hē under hārne stān āna genēðde frēcne dǣde (_he
risked alone the bold deed, venturing under the grey rock_), 889; (ic)
wigge under wætere weorc genēðde earfoð-līce (_I with difficulty stood the
work under the water in battle_, i. e. could hardly win the victory), 1657;
ic genēðde fela gūða (_ventured on, risked, many contests_), 2512; pres.
pl. (of majesty) wē . . . frēcne genēðdon eafoð uncūðes (_we have boldly
risked, dared, the monster's power_), 961.
nēh. See nēah.
ge-neahhe, adv. , _enough, sufficiently_, 784, 3153; superl. genehost brægd
eorl Bēowulfes ealde lāfe (_many an earl of B. 's_), 795.
nealles (from ne-ealles), adv. , _omnino non, not at all, by no means_:
nealles, 2146, 2168, 2180, 2223, 2597, etc. ; nallas, 1720, 1750; nalles,
338, 1019, 1077, 1443, 2504, etc. ; nalas, 43, 1494, 1530, 1538; nales,
1812.
nearo, st. n. , _strait, danger, distress_: acc. sg. nearo, 2351, 2595.
nearo, adj. , _narrow_: acc. pl. f. nearwe, 1410.
nearwe, adv. , _narrowly_, 977.
nearo-cræft, st. m. , _art of rendering difficult of access? ,
inaccessibility_ (see 2214 seqq. ): instr. pl. nearo-cræftum, 2244.
nearo-fāh, m. , _foe that causes distress, war-foe_: gen. sg. nearo-fāges,
2318.
nearo-þearf, st. f. , _dire need, distress_: acc. sg. nearo-þearfe, 422.
ge-nearwian, w. v. , _to drive into a corner, press upon_: pret. part.
genearwod, 1439.
nēah, nēh: 1) adj. , _near, nigh_: nom. sg. nēah, 1744, 2729. In superl.
also = _last_: instr. sg. nȳhstan sīðe (_for the last time_), 1204;
nīehstan sīðe, 2512.
2) adv. , _near_: feor and (oððe) nēah, 1222, 2871; 3) prep, sǣ-grunde nēah,
564; so, 1925, 2243; holm-wylme nēh, 2412. Compar. nēar, 746.
nēan, adv. , _near by, (from) close at hand_, 528; (neon, MS. ), 3105;
feorran and nēan, 840; nēan and feorran, 1175, 2318.
ge-nēat, st. m. , _comrade, companion_: in comp. bēod-, heorð-genēat.
nioðor. See niðer.
neowol, adj. , _steep, precipitous_: acc. pl. neowle, 1412.
nēod, st. f. , _polite intercourse regulated by etiquette? , hall-joy? _: acc.
sg. nīode, 2117; inst. (= _joy_), 2216.
nēod-laðu, st. f. , _polite invitation; wish_: dat. sg. æfter nēod-laðu
(_according to his wishes_), 1321.
nēosan, nēosian, w. v. w. gen. , _to seek out, look for; to attack_: inf.
nēosan, 125, 1787, 1792, 1807, 2075; nīosan, 2389, 2672; nēosian, 115,
1126; nīosian, 3046; pret. sg. nīosade, 2487.
nēotan, st. v. , _to take, accept_, w. gen. ; _to use, enjoy_: imper. sg.
nēot, 1218.
be-nēotan, w. dat. , _to rob, deprive of_: inf. hine aldre be-nēotan, 681;
pret. sg. cyning ealdre bi-nēat (_deprived the king of life_), 2397.
nicor, st. m. , _sea-horse, walrus, sea-monster_ (cf. Bugge in Zacher's
Journal, 4, 197): acc. pl. niceras, 422, 575; nicras, 1428; gen. pl.
nicera, 846.
nicor-hūs, st. n. , _house_ or _den of sea-monsters_: gen. pl. nicor-hūsa,
1412.
nið st. m. , _man, human being_: gen. pl. niðða, 1006; niða? (passage
corrupt), 2216.
niðer, nyðer, neoðor, adv. , _down, downward_: niðer, 1361; nioðor, 2700;
nyðer, 3045.
nið-sele, st. m. , _hall, room, in the deep_ (Grein): dat. sg. [in] nið-sele
nāt-hwylcum, 1514.
nigen, num. , _nine_: acc. nigene, 575.
niht, st. f. _night_: nom. sg. , 115, 547. 650, 1321, 2117; acc. sg. niht,
135, 737, 2939; gystran niht (_yester-night_), 1335; dat. sg. on niht, 575,
684; on wanre niht, 703; gen. sg. nihtes hwīlum (_sometimes at night, in
the hours of the night_), 3045; as adv. = _of a night, by night_, G.
nachts, 422, 2274; dæges and nihtes, 2270; acc. pl. seofon niht
(_se'nnight, seven days_, cf. Tac. Germ, 11), 517; dat. pl. sweartum
nihtum, 167; deorcum nihtum, 275, 221; gen. pl. nihta, 545, 1366. --Comp. :
middel-, sin-niht.
niht-bealu, st. n. , _night-bale, destruction by night_: gen. pl.
niht-bealwa, 193.
niht-helm, st. m. , _veil_ or _canopy of night_: nom. sg. , 1790.
niht-long, adj. , _lasting through the night_: acc. sg. m. niht-longne fyrst
(_space of a night_), 528.
niht-weorc, st. n. , _night-work, deed done at night_: instr. sg.
niht-weorce, 828.
niman, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to take, hold, seize, undertake_: pret. sg. nam
þā mid handa hige-þīhtigne rinc, 747; pret. pl. wē . . . nīode nāman,
2117. --2) _to take, take away, deprive of_: pres. sg.
sē þe hine dēað nimeð
(_he whom death carrieth off_), 441; so, 447; nymeð, 1847; nymeð nȳd-bāde,
599; subj. pres. gif mec hild nime, 452, 1482; pret. sg. ind. nam on
Ongenþīo īren-byrnan, 2987; ne nom hē . . . māðm-ǣhta mā (_he took no more of
the rich treasures_), 1613; pret. part. þā wæs . . . sēo cwēn numen (_the
queen carried off_), 1154.
be-niman, _to deprive of_: pret. sg. oð þæt hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum
(_till age bereft him of joy in his strength_), 1887.
for-niman, _to carry off_: pres. sg. þē þā dēað for-nam (_whom death
carried off_), 488; so, 557, 696, 1081, 1124, 1206, 1437, etc. Also, dat.
for acc. : pret. pl. him īrenna ecge fornāmon, 2829.
ge-niman: 1) _to take, seize_: pret. sg. (hine) be healse ge-nam (_clasped
him around the neck, embraced him_), 1873. --2) _to take, take away_: pret.
on reste genam þrītig þegna, 122; hēo under heolfre genam cūðe folme, 1303;
segn ēac genom, 2777; þā mec sinca baldor . . . æt mīnum fæder genam (_took
me at my father's hands, adopted me_), 2430; pret. part. genumen, 3167.
ge-nip, st. n. , _darkness, mist, cloud_: acc. pl. under næssa genipu, 1361;
ofer flōda genipu, 2809.
nis, from ne-is (_is not_): see wesan.
nīwe, nīowe, adj. , _new, novel; unheard-of_: nom. sg. swēg up ā-stāg nīwe
geneahhe (_a monstrous hubbub arose_), 784; beorh . . . nīwe (_a
newly-raised(? ) grave-mound_), 2244; acc. sg. nīwe sibbe (_the new
kinship_), 950; instr. sg. nīwan stefne (properly, novā voce; here = de
novo, iterum, _again_), 2595; nīowan stefne (_again_), 1790; gen. pl. nīwra
spella (_new tidings_), 2899.
ge-nīwian, w. v. , _to renew_: pret. part. ge-nīwod, 1304, 1323; genīwad,
2288.
nīw-tyrwed, pret. part. , _newly-tarred_: acc. sg. nīw-tyrwedne (-tyrwydne,
MS. ) nacan, 295.
nīð, st. m. , properly only _zeal, endeavor_; then _hostile endeavor,
hostility, battle, war_: nom. sg. , 2318; acc. sg. nīð, 184, 276; Wedera nīð
(_enmity against the W. , the sorrows of the Weders_), 423; dat. sg. wið
(æt) nīðe, 828, 2586; instr. nīðe, 2681; gen. pl. nīða, 883, 2351, 2398,
etc. ; also instr. = _by, in, battle_, 846, 1440, 1963, 2171, 2207. --Comp. :
bealo-, fǣr-, here-, hete-, inwit-, searo-, wæl-nīð.
nīð-draca, w. m. , _battle-dragon_: nom. sg. , 2274.
nīð-gast, st. m. , _hostile alien, fell demon_: acc. sg. þone nīð-gæst (_the
dragon_), 2700.
nīð-geweorc, st. n. , _work of enmity, deed of evil_: gen. pl. -geweorca,
684.
nīð-grim, adj. , _furious in battle, savage_: nom. sg. , 193.
nīð-heard, adj. , _valiant in war_: nom. sg. , 2418.
nīð-hȳdig, adj. , _eager for battle, valorous_: nom. pl. nīð-hȳdige men,
3167.
ge-nīðla, w. m. , _foe, persecutor, waylayer_: in comp. ferhð-,
feorh-genīðla.
nīð-wundor, st. n. , _hostile wonder, strange marvel of evil_: acc. sg. ,
1366.
nīpan, st. v. , _to veil, cover over, obscure_; pres. part. nīpende niht,
547, 650.
nolde, from ne-wolde (_would not_); see willan.
norð, adv. , _northward_, 859.
norðan, adv. , _from the north_, 547.
nose, w. f. , _projection, cliff, cape_: dat. sg. of hlīðes nosan, 1893; æt
brimes nosan, 2804.
nō (strengthened neg. ), _not, not at all, by no means_, 136, 244, 587, 755,
842, 969, 1736, etc. ; strengthened by following ne, 459(? ), 1509; nō . . . nō
(_neither . . . nor_), 541-543; so, nō . . . ne, 168. See ne.
nōðer (from nā-hwæðer), neg. , _and not, nor_, 2125.
ge-nōh, adj. , _sufficient, enough_: acc. sg. fǣhðo genōge, 2490; acc. pl.
genōge . . . bēagas, 3105.
nōn, st. f. , [Eng. _noon_], _ninth hour of the day, three o'clock in the
afternoon of our reckoning_ (the day was reckoned from six o'clock in the
morning; cf. Bouterwek Scrēadunga, 24 _2_: wē hātað ǣnne dæg fram sunnan
upgange oð ǣfen): nom. sg. nōn, 1601.
nū, adv. : l) _now, at present_, 251, 254, 375, 395, 424, 426, 489, etc. : nū
gȳt (_up to now, hitherto_), 957; nū gēn (_now still, yet_), 2860; (_now
yet, still_), 3169. --2) conj. , _since, inasmuch as_: nū þū lungre geong . . .
nū se wyrm ligeð (_go now quickly, since the dragon lieth dead_), 2746; so,
2248; þæt þū mē ne forwyrne . . . nū ic þus feorran cōm (_that do not thou
refuse me, since I am come so far_), 430; so, 1476; nū ic on māðma hord
mīne bebohte frōde feorh-lege, fremmað gē nū (_as I now. . . , so do ye_),
2800; so, 3021.
nymðe, conj. w. subj. , _if not, unless_, 782; nymðe mec god scylde (_if God
had not shielded me_), 1659.
nyt, st. f. , _duty, service, office, employment_: acc. sg. þegn nytte
behēold (_did his duty_), 494; so, 3119. --Comp. : sund-, sundor-nyt.
nyt, adj. , _useful_: acc. pl. m. nytte, 795; comp. un-nyt.
ge-nyttian, w. v. , _to make use of, enjoy_: pret. part.
risked alone the bold deed, venturing under the grey rock_), 889; (ic)
wigge under wætere weorc genēðde earfoð-līce (_I with difficulty stood the
work under the water in battle_, i. e. could hardly win the victory), 1657;
ic genēðde fela gūða (_ventured on, risked, many contests_), 2512; pres.
pl. (of majesty) wē . . . frēcne genēðdon eafoð uncūðes (_we have boldly
risked, dared, the monster's power_), 961.
nēh. See nēah.
ge-neahhe, adv. , _enough, sufficiently_, 784, 3153; superl. genehost brægd
eorl Bēowulfes ealde lāfe (_many an earl of B. 's_), 795.
nealles (from ne-ealles), adv. , _omnino non, not at all, by no means_:
nealles, 2146, 2168, 2180, 2223, 2597, etc. ; nallas, 1720, 1750; nalles,
338, 1019, 1077, 1443, 2504, etc. ; nalas, 43, 1494, 1530, 1538; nales,
1812.
nearo, st. n. , _strait, danger, distress_: acc. sg. nearo, 2351, 2595.
nearo, adj. , _narrow_: acc. pl. f. nearwe, 1410.
nearwe, adv. , _narrowly_, 977.
nearo-cræft, st. m. , _art of rendering difficult of access? ,
inaccessibility_ (see 2214 seqq. ): instr. pl. nearo-cræftum, 2244.
nearo-fāh, m. , _foe that causes distress, war-foe_: gen. sg. nearo-fāges,
2318.
nearo-þearf, st. f. , _dire need, distress_: acc. sg. nearo-þearfe, 422.
ge-nearwian, w. v. , _to drive into a corner, press upon_: pret. part.
genearwod, 1439.
nēah, nēh: 1) adj. , _near, nigh_: nom. sg. nēah, 1744, 2729. In superl.
also = _last_: instr. sg. nȳhstan sīðe (_for the last time_), 1204;
nīehstan sīðe, 2512.
2) adv. , _near_: feor and (oððe) nēah, 1222, 2871; 3) prep, sǣ-grunde nēah,
564; so, 1925, 2243; holm-wylme nēh, 2412. Compar. nēar, 746.
nēan, adv. , _near by, (from) close at hand_, 528; (neon, MS. ), 3105;
feorran and nēan, 840; nēan and feorran, 1175, 2318.
ge-nēat, st. m. , _comrade, companion_: in comp. bēod-, heorð-genēat.
nioðor. See niðer.
neowol, adj. , _steep, precipitous_: acc. pl. neowle, 1412.
nēod, st. f. , _polite intercourse regulated by etiquette? , hall-joy? _: acc.
sg. nīode, 2117; inst. (= _joy_), 2216.
nēod-laðu, st. f. , _polite invitation; wish_: dat. sg. æfter nēod-laðu
(_according to his wishes_), 1321.
nēosan, nēosian, w. v. w. gen. , _to seek out, look for; to attack_: inf.
nēosan, 125, 1787, 1792, 1807, 2075; nīosan, 2389, 2672; nēosian, 115,
1126; nīosian, 3046; pret. sg. nīosade, 2487.
nēotan, st. v. , _to take, accept_, w. gen. ; _to use, enjoy_: imper. sg.
nēot, 1218.
be-nēotan, w. dat. , _to rob, deprive of_: inf. hine aldre be-nēotan, 681;
pret. sg. cyning ealdre bi-nēat (_deprived the king of life_), 2397.
nicor, st. m. , _sea-horse, walrus, sea-monster_ (cf. Bugge in Zacher's
Journal, 4, 197): acc. pl. niceras, 422, 575; nicras, 1428; gen. pl.
nicera, 846.
nicor-hūs, st. n. , _house_ or _den of sea-monsters_: gen. pl. nicor-hūsa,
1412.
nið st. m. , _man, human being_: gen. pl. niðða, 1006; niða? (passage
corrupt), 2216.
niðer, nyðer, neoðor, adv. , _down, downward_: niðer, 1361; nioðor, 2700;
nyðer, 3045.
nið-sele, st. m. , _hall, room, in the deep_ (Grein): dat. sg. [in] nið-sele
nāt-hwylcum, 1514.
nigen, num. , _nine_: acc. nigene, 575.
niht, st. f. _night_: nom. sg. , 115, 547. 650, 1321, 2117; acc. sg. niht,
135, 737, 2939; gystran niht (_yester-night_), 1335; dat. sg. on niht, 575,
684; on wanre niht, 703; gen. sg. nihtes hwīlum (_sometimes at night, in
the hours of the night_), 3045; as adv. = _of a night, by night_, G.
nachts, 422, 2274; dæges and nihtes, 2270; acc. pl. seofon niht
(_se'nnight, seven days_, cf. Tac. Germ, 11), 517; dat. pl. sweartum
nihtum, 167; deorcum nihtum, 275, 221; gen. pl. nihta, 545, 1366. --Comp. :
middel-, sin-niht.
niht-bealu, st. n. , _night-bale, destruction by night_: gen. pl.
niht-bealwa, 193.
niht-helm, st. m. , _veil_ or _canopy of night_: nom. sg. , 1790.
niht-long, adj. , _lasting through the night_: acc. sg. m. niht-longne fyrst
(_space of a night_), 528.
niht-weorc, st. n. , _night-work, deed done at night_: instr. sg.
niht-weorce, 828.
niman, st. v. w. acc. : 1) _to take, hold, seize, undertake_: pret. sg. nam
þā mid handa hige-þīhtigne rinc, 747; pret. pl. wē . . . nīode nāman,
2117. --2) _to take, take away, deprive of_: pres. sg.
sē þe hine dēað nimeð
(_he whom death carrieth off_), 441; so, 447; nymeð, 1847; nymeð nȳd-bāde,
599; subj. pres. gif mec hild nime, 452, 1482; pret. sg. ind. nam on
Ongenþīo īren-byrnan, 2987; ne nom hē . . . māðm-ǣhta mā (_he took no more of
the rich treasures_), 1613; pret. part. þā wæs . . . sēo cwēn numen (_the
queen carried off_), 1154.
be-niman, _to deprive of_: pret. sg. oð þæt hine yldo benam mægenes wynnum
(_till age bereft him of joy in his strength_), 1887.
for-niman, _to carry off_: pres. sg. þē þā dēað for-nam (_whom death
carried off_), 488; so, 557, 696, 1081, 1124, 1206, 1437, etc. Also, dat.
for acc. : pret. pl. him īrenna ecge fornāmon, 2829.
ge-niman: 1) _to take, seize_: pret. sg. (hine) be healse ge-nam (_clasped
him around the neck, embraced him_), 1873. --2) _to take, take away_: pret.
on reste genam þrītig þegna, 122; hēo under heolfre genam cūðe folme, 1303;
segn ēac genom, 2777; þā mec sinca baldor . . . æt mīnum fæder genam (_took
me at my father's hands, adopted me_), 2430; pret. part. genumen, 3167.
ge-nip, st. n. , _darkness, mist, cloud_: acc. pl. under næssa genipu, 1361;
ofer flōda genipu, 2809.
nis, from ne-is (_is not_): see wesan.
nīwe, nīowe, adj. , _new, novel; unheard-of_: nom. sg. swēg up ā-stāg nīwe
geneahhe (_a monstrous hubbub arose_), 784; beorh . . . nīwe (_a
newly-raised(? ) grave-mound_), 2244; acc. sg. nīwe sibbe (_the new
kinship_), 950; instr. sg. nīwan stefne (properly, novā voce; here = de
novo, iterum, _again_), 2595; nīowan stefne (_again_), 1790; gen. pl. nīwra
spella (_new tidings_), 2899.
ge-nīwian, w. v. , _to renew_: pret. part. ge-nīwod, 1304, 1323; genīwad,
2288.
nīw-tyrwed, pret. part. , _newly-tarred_: acc. sg. nīw-tyrwedne (-tyrwydne,
MS. ) nacan, 295.
nīð, st. m. , properly only _zeal, endeavor_; then _hostile endeavor,
hostility, battle, war_: nom. sg. , 2318; acc. sg. nīð, 184, 276; Wedera nīð
(_enmity against the W. , the sorrows of the Weders_), 423; dat. sg. wið
(æt) nīðe, 828, 2586; instr. nīðe, 2681; gen. pl. nīða, 883, 2351, 2398,
etc. ; also instr. = _by, in, battle_, 846, 1440, 1963, 2171, 2207. --Comp. :
bealo-, fǣr-, here-, hete-, inwit-, searo-, wæl-nīð.
nīð-draca, w. m. , _battle-dragon_: nom. sg. , 2274.
nīð-gast, st. m. , _hostile alien, fell demon_: acc. sg. þone nīð-gæst (_the
dragon_), 2700.
nīð-geweorc, st. n. , _work of enmity, deed of evil_: gen. pl. -geweorca,
684.
nīð-grim, adj. , _furious in battle, savage_: nom. sg. , 193.
nīð-heard, adj. , _valiant in war_: nom. sg. , 2418.
nīð-hȳdig, adj. , _eager for battle, valorous_: nom. pl. nīð-hȳdige men,
3167.
ge-nīðla, w. m. , _foe, persecutor, waylayer_: in comp. ferhð-,
feorh-genīðla.
nīð-wundor, st. n. , _hostile wonder, strange marvel of evil_: acc. sg. ,
1366.
nīpan, st. v. , _to veil, cover over, obscure_; pres. part. nīpende niht,
547, 650.
nolde, from ne-wolde (_would not_); see willan.
norð, adv. , _northward_, 859.
norðan, adv. , _from the north_, 547.
nose, w. f. , _projection, cliff, cape_: dat. sg. of hlīðes nosan, 1893; æt
brimes nosan, 2804.
nō (strengthened neg. ), _not, not at all, by no means_, 136, 244, 587, 755,
842, 969, 1736, etc. ; strengthened by following ne, 459(? ), 1509; nō . . . nō
(_neither . . . nor_), 541-543; so, nō . . . ne, 168. See ne.
nōðer (from nā-hwæðer), neg. , _and not, nor_, 2125.
ge-nōh, adj. , _sufficient, enough_: acc. sg. fǣhðo genōge, 2490; acc. pl.
genōge . . . bēagas, 3105.
nōn, st. f. , [Eng. _noon_], _ninth hour of the day, three o'clock in the
afternoon of our reckoning_ (the day was reckoned from six o'clock in the
morning; cf. Bouterwek Scrēadunga, 24 _2_: wē hātað ǣnne dæg fram sunnan
upgange oð ǣfen): nom. sg. nōn, 1601.
nū, adv. : l) _now, at present_, 251, 254, 375, 395, 424, 426, 489, etc. : nū
gȳt (_up to now, hitherto_), 957; nū gēn (_now still, yet_), 2860; (_now
yet, still_), 3169. --2) conj. , _since, inasmuch as_: nū þū lungre geong . . .
nū se wyrm ligeð (_go now quickly, since the dragon lieth dead_), 2746; so,
2248; þæt þū mē ne forwyrne . . . nū ic þus feorran cōm (_that do not thou
refuse me, since I am come so far_), 430; so, 1476; nū ic on māðma hord
mīne bebohte frōde feorh-lege, fremmað gē nū (_as I now. . . , so do ye_),
2800; so, 3021.
nymðe, conj. w. subj. , _if not, unless_, 782; nymðe mec god scylde (_if God
had not shielded me_), 1659.
nyt, st. f. , _duty, service, office, employment_: acc. sg. þegn nytte
behēold (_did his duty_), 494; so, 3119. --Comp. : sund-, sundor-nyt.
nyt, adj. , _useful_: acc. pl. m. nytte, 795; comp. un-nyt.
ge-nyttian, w. v. , _to make use of, enjoy_: pret. part.
