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naca, w. m. , _vessel, ship_: acc. sg. nacan, 295; gen. sg. nacan,
214. --Comp. : hring-, ȳð-naca.

nacod, adj. , _naked_: nom. and acc. sg. swurd, gūð-bill nacod, 539, 2586;
nacod nīð-draca, 2274.

nalas, nales, nallas. See nealles.

nama, w. m. , _name_: nom. sg. Bēowulf is mīn nama, 343; wæs þǣm hæft-mēce
Hrunting nama, 1458; acc. sg. scōp him Heort naman (_gave it the name
Hart_), 78.

nā (from ne-ā), strength, negative, _never, not all_, 445, 567, 1537.

nāh, from ne-āh. See āgan.

nān (from ne-ān), indef. pron. , _none, no_: with gen. pl. gūð-billa nān,
804; adjectively, nān . . . īren ǣrgōd, 990.

nāt, from ne-wāt: _I know not=nescio_. See witan.

nāt-hwylc (nescio quis, ne-wāt-hwylc, _know not who, which_, etc. ), indef.
pron. , _any, a certain one, some or other_: 1) w. partitive gen. : nom. sg.
gumena nāt-hwylc, 2234;. gen. sg. nāt-hwylces (þāra banena), 2054; niða
nāt-hwylces(? ), 2216; nāt-hwylces hæleða bearna, 2225. --2) adjectively:
dat. sg. in nið-sele nāt-hwylcum, 1514.

næbben, from ne-hæbben (subj. pres. ). See habban.

næfne. See nefne.

nægel, st. m. , _nail_: gen. pl. nægla (of the finger-nails), 986.

nægled, part. , _nailed? , nail-like? , buckled? _: acc. sg. neut. nægled (MS.
gled) sinc, 2024.

næs, st. m. , _naze, rock projecting into the sea, cliff, promontory_: acc.
sg. næs, 1440, 1601, 2899; dat. sg. næsse, 2244, 2418; acc. pl. windige
næssas, 1412; gen. pl. næssa, 1361.

næs, from ne-wæs (_was not_). See wesan.

næs, neg. adv. , _not, not at all_, 562, 2263.

næs-hlið, st. n. , _declivity, slope of a promontory that sinks downward to
the sea_: dat. pl. on næs-hleoðum, 1428.

nǣfre, adv. , _never_, 247, 583, 592, 656, 719, 1042, 1049, etc. ; also
strengthened by ne: nǣfre ne, 1461.

ge-nǣgan, w. v. w. acc. pers. and gen. of thing, _to attack, press_; pret.
pl. nīða genǣgdan nefan Hererīces (_in combats pressed hard upon H. 's
nephew_), 2207; pret. part. wearð . . . nīða genǣged, 1440.

nǣnig (from ne-ǣnig), pron. , _not any, none, no_: 1) substantively w. gen.
pl. : nom. sg. , 157, 242, 692; dat. sg. nǣnegum, 599; gen. pl. nǣnigra,
950. --2) adjectively: nom. sg. ōðer nǣnig, 860; nǣnig wæter, 1515; nǣnig
. . . dēor, 1934; acc. sg. nǣnigne . . . hord-māððum, 1199.

nǣre, from ne-wǣre (_were not, would not be_). See wesan.

ne, simple neg. , _not_, 38, 50, 80, 83, 109, etc. ; before imper. ne sorga!
1385; ne gȳm! 1761, etc. Doubled =_certainly not, not even that_: nē gē
. . . gearwe ne wisson (_ye certainly have not known_, etc. ), 245; so, 863;
ne ic . . . wihte ne wēne (_nor do I at all in the least expect_), 2923; so,
182. Strengthened by other neg. : nōðer . . . ne, 2125; swā hē ne mihte nō . . .
(_so that he absolutely could not_), 1509.

nē . . . nē, _not . . . and not, nor; neither . . . nor_, 154-157, 511,
1083-1085, etc. Another neg. may supply the place of the first ne: so, nō
. . . ne, 575-577, 1026-1028, 1393-1395, etc. ; nǣfre . . . ne, 583-584; nalles
. . . nē, 3016-3017. The neg. may be omitted the first time: ǣr nē siððan
(_neither before nor after, before nor since_), 719; sūð nē norð (_south
nor north_), 859; ādl nē yldo (_neither illness nor old age_), 1737; wordum
nē worcum (_neither by word nor deed_), 1101; wiston and ne wēndon (_knew
not and weened not_), 1605.

nefa, w. m. , _nephew, grandson_: nom. sg. nefa (_grandson_), 1204; so,
1963; (_nephew_), 2171; acc. sg. nefan (_nephew_), 2207; dat. sg. nefan
(_nephew_), 882.

nefne, næfne, nemne (orig. from ne-gif-ne): 1) subj. : a) with depend.
clause = _unless_: nefne him wītig god wyrd forstōde (_if fate, the wise
God, had not prevented him_), 1057; nefne god sylfa . . . sealde (_unless God
himself_, etc. ), 3055; næfne him his wlite lēoge (MS. nǣfre) (_unless his
face belie him_), 250; næfne hē wæs māra (_except that he was huger_),
1354; nemne him heaðo-byrne helpe ge-fremede, 1553; so, 2655. --b) w.
follow.
substantive = _except, save, only_: nefne sin-frēa (_except the
husband_), 1935; ic lȳt hafo hēafod-māga nefne Hygelāc þec (_have no near
kin but thee_), 2152; nis þæt ēower (gen. pl. ) sīð . . . nefne mīn ānes,
2534. --2) Prep. with dat. , _except_: nemne fēaum ānum, 1082.

ge-nehost. See ge-neahhe.

nelle, from ne-wille (_I will not_). See willan.

nemnan, w. v. w. acc. : 1) _to name, call_: pres. pl. þone yldestan
ōret-mecgas Bēowulf nemnað (_the warriors call the most distinguished one
Bēowulf_), 364; so inf. nemnan, 2024; pret. pl. nemdon, 1355. --2) _to
address_, as in

be-nemnan, _to pronounce solemnly, put under a spell_: pret. sg. Fin
Hengeste . . . āðum be-nemde þæt (_asserted, promised under oath that_ . . . ),
1098; pret. pl. swā hit oð dōmes dæg dīope benemdon þēodnas mǣre (_put
under a curse_), 3070.

nemne. See nefne.

nerian, ge-nerian, w. v. , _to save, rescue, liberate_: pres. sg. Wyrd oft
nereð unfǣgne eorl, 573; pret. part. hæfde . . . sele Hrōðgāres ge-nered wið
nīðe (_saved from hostility_), 828.

ge-nesan, st. v. : 1) intrans. , _to remain over, be preserved_: pret. sg.
hrōf āna genæs ealles ansund (_the roof alone was quite sound_), 1000. --2)
w. acc. , _to endure successfully, survive, escape from_: pret. sg. sē þā
sæcce ge-næs, 1978; fela ic . . . gūð-rǣsa ge-næs, 2427; pret. part. swā hē
nīða gehwane genesen hæfde, 2398.

net, st. n. , _net_: in comp. brēost-, here-, hring-, inwit-, searo-net.

nēdla, w. m. , _dire necessity, distress_: in comp. þrēa-nēdla.

nēðan (G. nanþjan), w. v. , _to venture, undertake boldly_: pres. part.
nearo nēðende (_encountering peril_), 2351; pret. pl. þǣr git . . . on dēop
water aldrum nēðdon (_where ye two risked your lives in the deep water_),
510; so, 538.

ge-nēðan, the same: inf. ne dorste under ȳða gewin aldre ge-nēðan, 1470.
With depend. clause: nǣnig þæt dorste genēðan þæt (_none durst undertake
to_ . . . ), 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.