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neósian

  • verb [ weak ]
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neósian, p. ode with gen. acc. or clause.
to search out, find out by enquiry or inspection, to inspect
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  • Wolde neósian Nergend, hwæt his bearn dyde,

    • Cd. Th. 53, 2
      • ;
    • Gen. 855.

  • Gewát neósian heán húses hú hit Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon

    he came and inspected the lofty house, how the Hring-Danes had ordered it,

    • Beo. Th. 230
      • ;
    • B. 115.
to seek, visit
a place
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  • Wæs his gewuna ðæt Norþanhymbra mǽgþe sóhte and neósode

    solebat Nordanhymbrorum provincian revisere,

    • Bd. 3, 23
      • ;
    • S. 554, 7.

  • Gewiton him wígend wíca neósian, Frysland geseón,

    • Beo. Th. 2255
      • ;
    • B. 1125.
a person
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  • Mannes sunu ðe ðú neósast (

    visitas

    ),
    • Ps. Th. 8, 5.

  • Neósode hé min eft

    me revisens,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 43.

  • Se hine ǽghwylce daga neósade,

    • Exon. Th. 162, 11
      • ;
    • Gú. 974.

  • Hwílum mennisce áras neósedon (hine or his),

    • 157, 16
      • ;
    • Gú. 892.

  • Ic wæs on ðæm carcerne and gé min neósodon,

    • L. E. I. 32
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 428, 29.

  • Se leófa cuma se ðe gewunade úre bróðer neósian (

    visitare

    ),
    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 568, 17.

  • Ðone ðe hí untrumne neósian cóman,

    • 4, 11
      • ;
    • S. 579, 40 : R. Ben. 17, 2.

  • Ðonne Drihten úre hwylces neósian wille,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 13.
to seek with hostile intent (cf. sécan), to visit with calamity, disease, etc.
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  • Leomu hefegedon, hé gecneów ðæt hine ælmihtig ufan neósade (cf. the phrase the visitation of God ),

    • Exon. Th. 159, 24
      • ;
    • Gú. 931.

  • Ðǽr Ongenþeów Eofores niósade (MS. niosað),

    • Beo. Th. 4966
      • ;
    • B. 2486.
Etymology
[
O Sax. niusón
.]
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v. ge-neósian and preceding word.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “neósian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23572.

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