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NOT-WRÍTERE - NYTLÍCNESS
not-wrítere, es; m. One who writes notes :-- Notwrítera notariorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 66. v. notere.
nó-wiht. v. ná-wiht.
nú. I. adv. Now, at this time :-- Nú nunc vel modo, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 70. Æ-acute;r oððe nú dudum, ii. 27, 56. Nú nunc, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 39, 59. Ic hæbbe sumne cnapan, ðe nú (modo) hás ys for hreáme, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 29. Hú him ðá speów mid wísdóme ... and hú man útanbordes wísdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte,and hú wé hié nú sceoldon úte begietan gif wé hié habban sceoldon, Past. Pref. ; Swt. 3, 8-13. Understandaþ, ðæt deófol ðás þeóde nú fela geára dwelode, Wulfst. 156, 8. Babylonia, seó ðe mæ-acute;st wæs and æ-acute;rest ealra burga, seó is nú læst and wéstast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 23. Næ-acute;ron náðer góde ne ðá, ne nú, 2, 5 ; Swt. 86, 12. Wá eów ðe nú hlihaþ, forðon gé eft wépaþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 23. Ðú meaht geseón nú gén (still) swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17; Cri. 1458 : Beo. Th. 5711; B. 2859. Micel is nú géna lád ofer lagustreám, Andr. Kmbl. 844;
An. 422 : 950; An. 475. Nú gyt (adhuc) lytel fæc and ná biþ synfull, Ps. Spl. 36, 10. Nú giet, Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 76, 1. Ne þearft ðú ðé ondræ-acute;dan feorhcwealm nú giet (as yet), Cd. Th. 63, 26; Gen. 1038. Ic wát manig nú gyt micel mæ-acute;re spell, Andr. Kntbl. 1628; An. 815. Ðás tácno ðe ic nú hwíle big sægde the signs that I have just now spoken of, Blickl. Homl. l09, 6. Hé nú hwonne (quandoque) biþ on wuldre árísende, Bd. 2, 1; S. 500, 16. Swá swá wé nú rihte (straightway, directly) secgaþ, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Som. 17, 53. Futurum tempus is tówerd tíd, stabo ic stande nú rihte, 20; Som. 23, 9. Modo nú ðá oððe hwíltídum, 38; Som. 41, 37. Nú ðá nunc, Ps. Spl. 11, 5. Ðæ-acute;r sitt nú ðá mid his hálgum, Homl. Th. i. 182, 30 : Beo. Th. 857; B. 426 : Cd. Th. 51, 24; Gen. 831. II. conj. Now, since, when :-- Nú ðonne nú æ-acute;lc gesceaft onscunaþ ðæt ðæt hire wiðerweard biþ since, then, every creature shuns that which is contrary to it, Bt. 16, 3 ; Fox 56, 4 : Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 26. Ðeáh hí nú eall hiora líf áwriten hæfdon ... hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu ðeáh now though they had written all their life, yet would not the writings wax old? Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 36. Forhwí ðé hátan dysige men wuldor, nú ðú náne eart, 30, 1; Fox 108, 2. Ond nú (since) ðeós hálige tíd englum tó blisse wearþ, ðonne ..., Blickl. Homl. 123, 1. Wé mágon geþencean, nú (since) ða sint Godes bearn genemned ðe sibbe wyrcaþ, Past. 47; Swt. 359, 12. Hú mæg hé hira bión orsorg, nú (when) se hierde cwæþ, 54; Swt. 427, 5. Nú . . . nú (in principal and dependent clauses) :-- Wé wyllaþ nú eów gereccan óðres mannes gesihþe nú se apostol Paulus his gesihþe mannum ámeldian ne móste, Homl. Th. ii. 332, 26 : Cd. Th. 26, 8-9; Gen. 403-404 : Beo. Th. 857-865; B. 426-430. Ðonne is nú tó geþencenne on ðás hálgan tíd, nú wé úrne líchoman clæ-acute;nsiaþ, Blickl. Homl. 39, 1. Nú ic sceal geendian earmlícum deáþe, nú wolde ic gebétan, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 205. Nú ðonne nú ða líchomlícan læ-acute;cas ðus scyldige gerehte sint, nú is tó ongietanne ... , Past. 49; Swt. 377, 21. III. interj. :-- Nú is seóc se ðe ðú lufast ecce quem amas infirmatur, Jn. Skt. 11, 3. Sume syndon ortativa . . . heia nú lá, age nú lá; ðis is eác menigfealdlíce, agite nú gé lá, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 27-28. Nú lá age jam, Wülck. Gl. 252, 43. [Goth. Icel. O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. nu, nú.]
-nugan. v. be-, ge-nugan.
-numa. v. irfe-numa.
Numantie, Numentie, Numentíne, Numentínas; pl. The Numantians :-- Se consul fór on Numentíne, Ispania folc, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 29. Numentie áhnescaden, 5, 3; Swt. 222, 15. On Numantie, 220, 22. Numantia duguþ, 222, 8. Numentia fæsten, 5, 2; Swt. 218, 32. On Numantium, 5, 3; Swt. 220, 19. On Numentínas, Ispania þeóde, 5, 2; Swt. 218, 13.
Numentisc; adj. Of Numantia :-- Se wæs Numentisc, Ors. 5, 3; Swt. 222, 14.
nume-stán, es; m. A pebble :-- Cealc, numestán calculus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 6.
Numeðe; pl. The Numidians :-- Numeðe, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 200, 9. Numeðia cyning Numidarum rex, 5, 7; Swt. 228, 6.
numol; adj. Able to take or contain much :-- Numol capax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 41. Numul, gripul capax, qui multum capit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 29. v. scearp-, teart-numol.
núna; adv. Now :-- Núna nunc, Wülck. Gl. 254, 24. [Icel. núna.]
nunne, an ; f. A nun, a vestal :-- Árwurðe wudewe vel nunne nonna, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 30. Nunna, 72, 3. Nunne sanctimonialis, 284, 68. Wæs on ðam sylfan mynstre sum hálig nunne erat in ipso monasterio quaedam sanctimonialis femina, Bd, 4, 23; S. 595, 36. Caperronis wæs hátenu heora goda nunne (virgo vestalis), Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 162, 31. Se ðe mid nunnan hæ-acute;me, gehálgodre legerstówe ne sý hé wyrðe, L. Edm. E. 3; Th. i. 246, 6. Æ-acute;fre ne geweorðe, ðæt cristen man gewífige on gehálgodre æ-acute;nigre nunnan, L. Eth. vi. 12; Th. 318, 17. Gif hwá wið nunnan forlicge, sí æ-acute;gðer his weres scildig, ge hé ge heó, L. N. P. L. 63; Th. ii. 300, 20. Be nunnan hæ-acute;mede. Gif hwá nunnan of mynstre út álæ-acute;de bútan kyninges léfnesse geselle hundtwelftig sci&l-bar;&l-bar; .... Gif heó leng libbe ðonne se ðe hié út álæ-acute;dde, náge hió his ierfes ówiht. Gif hió bearn gestriéne, næbbe ðæt ðæs ierfes, L. Alf. pol. 8; Th. i. 66, 14-20. Be nunnena onfenge. Gif hwá nunnan mid hæ-acute;medþinge, oððe on hire hrægl, oððe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó sý hit twýbéte, 18; Th. i. 72, 7-10. Nunnan regollíce libban let nuns live according to their rule, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 27. Sum fæ-acute;mne of ðæra nunnena ríme quaedam de numero virginum, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 616, 3. Nunnena pól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 26. [Icel. nunna : O. H. Ger. nunna, from Lat. nonna.]
nunn-híréd, es ; m. A nunnery :-- Ðe æ-acute;r ðes nunhírédes wes, Chart. Th. 232, 6.
nunn-, nunnan-mynster, es ; n. A nunnery :-- Ðæt nunmynster (monasterium virginum) ðæt mon nemneþ Coludesburhg, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 19 : 5. 3; S. 615, 41. In tó nunnanmynstre, Chart. Th. 231, 35. [Cf. Icel. nunnu-klaustr a nunnery.] v. neáh-nunnan-mynster.
nunn-scrúd, es; n. The habit of a nun :-- Finde Æþelflæd án hyre nunscrúde, lóce hwæt hió betsð mæ-acute;ge, Chart. Th. 538, 12.
nýd, nýhst. v. níd, níhst.
nyhtness, e; f. Abundance :-- Of nyhtnisse ex abundantia, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 12, 34. v. ge-nyhtsum.
nyllan = ne willan :-- Nylle ic út wítan, Met. 24, 52. Ic nelle nolo, ðú nelt non vis, hé nele non vult, wé nellaþ nolumus ... nelle ðu noli, nelle gé nolite, . . . nellan nolle, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 16-19. Ðú nelt, Exon. Th. 250, 12; Jul. 126. Nyle hé, Ps. Th. 74, 8. Nán eówer nele nemo vestrum vult, Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 1. Nellaþ nolunt, 29, 3. Nyllaþ, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 18. Nolde, Jn. Skt. 7, 1. Nalde, Ps. Surt. 35, 4. Noldon, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 3. Gif ðæt wíf nele si noluerit mulier, Gen. 24, 5. Sam wé willan, sam wé nyllan, Bt. 35, 12; Fox 154, 7. Nyllan gé nolite, Ps. Th. 61, 11. Nellaþ, 61, 10. Bútan nellendes andsware, R. Ben. 20, 19.
nymne, nymþe, nýr, nyrwan, nyrwian, nyrwet, nyt. v. nefne, nimþe, neáh (adv.), nirwan, nirwet, nett, nytt.
nytan = ne witan :-- Ic nát nescio, Jn. Skt. 9, 25. Nát ic hwile wundorlíc þing, Shrn. 36, 18. Gif ðú nást if you do not know, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 17; Som. 51, 34. Gyt nyton hwæt gyt biddaþ, Mk. Skt. 10, 38. Wé witon ðæt God spæc wið Moyses; nyte wé hwanon ðes is, Jn. Skt. 9, 29. Wé nyton (nutu wé, Lind. : niton wé, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 27. Gé neton, Exon. Th. 282, 9; Jul. 660. Ic wiste ðæt ðú út áfaren wæ-acute;re, ac ic nyste hú feor, Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 33. Ðæt ðæt ic æ-acute;r sæ-acute;de ðæt ic nyste (Cott. MS. nesse) ... Ðú sæ-acute;dest ðæt ðú nystest (Cott. MS. nesse), 34, 12; Fox 154, 12-13. Ðú nysstest (Cott. MS. nesse) . . . ic nyste (Cott. MS. nysse), 35, 2; Fox 156, 33-34. Ðú nestest, 5, 3; Fox 12, 34. Hé nyste, Past. 15; Swt. 91, 13. Hí nysðon (nyston, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 39, Wé neston, Blickl. Homl. 17, 12. Wénst ðú ðæt ic nyte, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 17. Ðæt hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, 35, 1; Fox 156, 8. Nyte ðín wynstre hwæt dó ðín swýðre, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 3. Nytende, Lchdm. i. 164, 5, Him nytendum, 228, 1. Nytendum weardmannum clam custodibus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 58. v. nát-.
nyten; adj. Ignorant :-- Ðæt ðás nytenan menn ðíne mihta oncnáwon, Homl. Th. i. 62, 14. v. nytenness.
nýten. v. níten.
nytenness, e; f. I. ignorance :-- Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht bútan seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 5. Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, 314. 5. Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hæ-acute;lend ... Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódræ-acute;fde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C. V. nyte-) onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. 5, 200. Gif folces man syngaþ þurh nytenysse per ignorantiam, Lev. 4, 27. Ðæt hyra nán þurh nytennesse hine beládian ne mæ-acute;ge, R. Ben. 127, 10. II. laziness, disgrace, ignominy :-- Netenes ðam se ðe forlét ignominia ei qui deserit, Kent. Gl. 454. On his netenesse in ignominia sua, 615. For módes mínes nytenysse propter mentis meae ignaviam, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 7.
nyt-líc; adj. Useful, profitable, beneficial :-- Æ-acute;ghwæðer (the male and female pennyroyal) ys nytlíc (MS. H. netlíc) . . . and hí on him habbaþ wundorlíce mihte, Lchdm. i. 204, 11. Móna se feórþæ wercu onginnan nytlíc ys the fourth day of the moon is advantageous for beginning works, iii. 184, 28. Mæ-acute;den (a girl born on the eighth day of the moon) is nytlíce, 188, 6. Is eallum mannum nytlíc, ðæt hié heora fulwihthádas wel gehealdan, Blickl. Homl. 109, 26. Ic ne gýmde ðara nytlícra geþeahta mínra freónda utilia consilia spreveram amicorum, Nar. 6, 26. Monig nytlíco þing multa utilia, Bd. 5, 20; S. 642, 19. [O. H. Ger. nuz-líh utilis.] v. un-nytlíc.
nytlícness, e; f. Usefulness, utility, useful property :-- Ic bidde ðé vica pervica manegum nytlícnyssum tó hæbenne te precor vica pervica multis utilitatibus habenda, Lchdm. i. 314, 8.