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neáh

  • adjective
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neáh, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §7; §47; §49; §123; §139; §172; §189; §221; §246; §328; §329; §428; §443; §558; §559;
nigh, near
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  • On ðam neáhgum mynstre [neáhnunnan-mynstre]

    de vicino virginum monasterio,

    • Bd. 4, 1
    • ;
    • S. 564, 4 note.
  • Neágum

    proximis

    (cf. O. L. Ger. náan proximum ),
    • Germ. 399, 409.
  • Seó ús neárre Ægyptus,

    • Ors. 1, I
    • ;
    • Swt. 14, 3.
  • Seó ús neárre Ispania,

    • Swt. 22, 31 : 24, 9.
  • Síe se láreów eallum monnum se niéhsta and eallum monnum elnþrowiende on hira gesuincum

    sit rector singulis compassione proximus,

    • Past. 16
    • ;
    • Swt. 97, 22.
  • Seó mǽgþ is seó nýhste on súþhalfe Humbre streámes

    provincia (Lindissi) quae est prima ad meridianam Humbrae fluminis ripam,

    • Bd. 2, 16
    • ;
    • S. 519, 19.
  • Níhsta

    proxima,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 10.
  • Sió néste hond

    the nearest relative,

    • Chart. Th. 481, 21.
  • Gif hwylc man wífige on his néhstan mágan (

    proximam cognatam

    ),
    • L. Ecg. P. ii. 18
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 188, 26.
  • Hiera niéhstan friénd,

    • Past. 49
    • ;
    • Swt. 377, 1.
  • Heora nýhstan mágas,

    • L. Eth. ii. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 286, 32.
in cpve. later, latter; superl. last, latest.
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v. ende-néhst
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  • Se æftera ł nǽrra

    novissimus,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 31.
  • His ða nérran tíde wǽron wyrsan ðám ǽrran

    habuit posteriora pejora prioribus,

    • Bd. 2, 15
    • ;
    • S. 518, 31.
  • Cedd and Adda and Bete and Dema, se nýhsta wæs Scyttysces cynnes,

    • 3, 21
    • ;
    • S. 551, 15.
  • Ðis is Byrhtríces níhsta cwide (

    last will

    ),
    • Chart. Th. 500, 24.
  • Óðer is se ǽresta apostol, óðer se néhsta,

    • Blickl. Homl. 171, 9.
  • On ðæm néhstan dæge

    on the last day,

    • 21, 35.
  • On ða néhstan tíd ðisse worlde, on dómes dæge,

    • 123, 32.
  • Óþ ða nýhstan orþuncge

    until his latest breath,

    • L. Ælfc. E.
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 392, 9.
  • From Ninuse hiora ǽrestan cyninge óþ Sardanapolim heora níhstan,

    • Ors. 6, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 252, 8.
  • Be ðám neáhstan twám is æfter tó cweþanne

    de ultimis infra dicendum est,

    • Bd. 4, 23
    • ;
    • S. 594, 12.
  • Monige beóþan ða ǽrestu nǽhstu and ða nǽhstu ǽrestu,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 19, 30.
  • From ðǽm nǽhstum óþ ðe ǽrestum,

    • 20, 8.
  • Æt neáhstan

    postremo,

    • Bd. 2, 6
    • ;
    • S. 508, 19.
  • Æt néhstan (Rush. níhsto)

    novissime,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 25, 11: Blickl. Homl. 85, 1.
  • Æt néxtan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 66, 23.
  • Æt niéhstan,

    • Cd. Th. 84, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 1400.
  • Æt níhstan,

    • Ors. 4, 9
    • ;
    • Swt. 192, 35.
  • Æt nýhstan,

    • Bd. 2, 12
    • ;
    • S. 513, 4.
  • Æt nýxtan,

    • Chr. 994
    • ;
    • Erl. 133, 20: 1010
    • ;
    • Erl. 144, 9.
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v. níhsta and next word.
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v.  nǽh neáh-nunnan-mynster neár nést níhsta.
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