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nirwett

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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nirwett, n. (not m. )
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  • Rómáne on ungewis on án nirewett befóran, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 29. II a. a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, tó ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?)

    confinement) of hell)

    álýsde,
      Hml. Th. i. 34, 32.
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v. breóst-nirwett.
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