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gneáð

  • adjective
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Grammar
gneáð, gnéð; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
Sparing, frugal, stingy, scanty, small; parcus
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  • Næs hió to gneáð gifa

    she was not too sparing of gifts,

    • Beo. Th. 3864
    • ;
    • B. 1930
    • .
  • He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde

    he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food,

    • Shrn. 110, 4
    • :
    • 77, 4
    • .
  • He ðám ðe on scearan máran wǽron on ðám mægnum eáðmódnesse and hýrsumnesse nóhte ðon læssa ne gnéðra wæs

    eis quæ tonsura majores sunt virtutibus, humilitatis et obedientiæ, non mediocriter insignitus,

    • Bd. 5, 19
    • ;
    • S. 637, 18
    • .
  • Of gnéðum, of lytlum

    parcis,

    • Gl. Prud. 227
    • .
Etymology
[
Gnede scanty, O. E. Misc. Morris.
]
Linked entries
v.  un-gníðe.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • gneáð, adj.