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niþer

  • adverb
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Grammar
niþer, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §558;
Down, beneath, below
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  • Niþer

    deorsum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 40, 6.
  • Ðé wearþ helle seáþ niþer gedolfen

    beneath was the pit of hell dug for thee,

    • Exon. Th. 267, 30
    • ;
    • Jul. 423.
  • Ðá hé nyþer ábeáh

    cum se inclinasset,

    • Jn. Skt. 20, 5.
  • Ic nyþer álǽte

    submitto,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 28
    • ;
    • Som. 31, 41.
  • nyþer áléde

    deposuit,

    • Lk. Skt. 23, 53.
  • Nyþer ásceótan

    to cast down,

    • Homl. Th. i. 170, 23.
  • niþer ásette ða mihtigan

    deposuit potentes,

    • Cant. Mar. 52.
  • Ðonne heó nyðer byþ ástigen, Anglia

    • viii. 319, 19.
  • Ðæt hí hine nyþer bescufon

    ut praecipitarint eum,

    • Lk. Skt. 4, 29.
  • Se ðe nyþer com of heofonum

    qui descendit de caelo,

    • Jn. Skt. 3, 13.
  • Ðú niþer færst (

    descendes

    )

    óþ helle,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23.
  • Niþer feallaþ

    procident,

    • Ps. Lamb. 71, 9 : 94, 6.
  • Niþer fylþ decidat,

    • 89,6.
  • nyþer

    descende

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 40.
  • nyþer ne eode,

    • Ex. 32, 1.
  • Gang niþer,

    • Deut. 9, 12.
  • Niþer gewitan

    descendere,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 21.
  • Hwearf him eft niþer (

    to hell

    )

    boda bitresta,

    • Cd. Th. 47, 18
    • ;
    • Gen. 762.
  • Niþer stígan

    descendere,

    • Ps. Lamb. 27, 1 : Lchdm. iii. 210, 17.
  • Hé sceal má þencan up ðonne nyþer

    he must direct his thought upwards rather than downwards,

    • Bt. 41, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 254, 31.
Etymology
[
Laym. niðer
:
O. E. Homl. Marh. neoþer
:
Gen. and Ex. neðer
:
O. Sax. niðar
:
O. Frs. nither
:
Icel. niðr
:
O. H. Ger. nidar deorsum
:
Gen. nieder.
]
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v. niþere.
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v.  nieþer.
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  • niþer, adv.