I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
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I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
Dragons -- Poetry; Epic poetry, English (Old); Monsters -- Poetry
nîð, st. m., properly only _zeal, endeavor_; then _hostile endeavor,
hostility, battle, war_: nom. sg., 2318; acc. sg. nîð, 184, 276; Wedera nîð
(_enmity against the W., the sorrows of the Weders_), 423; dat. sg. wið
(ät) nîðe, 828, 2586; instr. nîðe, 2681; gen. pl. nîða, 883, 2351, 2398,
etc.; also instr. = _by, in, battle_, 846, 1440, 1963, 2171, 2207.--Comp.:
bealo-, fær-, here-, hete-, inwit-, searo-, wäl-nîð.
nîð-draca, w. m., _battle-dragon_: nom. sg., 2274.
nîð-gast, st. m., _hostile alien, fell demon_: acc. sg. þone nîð-gäst (_the
dragon_), 2700.
nîð-geweorc, st. n., _work of enmity, deed of evil_: gen. pl. -geweorca,
684.
nîð-grim, adj., _furious in battle, savage_: nom. sg., 193.
nîð-heard, adj., _valiant in war_: nom. sg., 2418.
nîð-hydig, adj., _eager for battle, valorous_: nom. pl. nîð-hydige men,
3167.
ge-nîðla, w. m., _foe, persecutor, waylayer_: in comp. ferhð-,
feorh-genîðla.
nîð-wundor, st. n., _hostile wonder, strange marvel of evil_: acc. sg.,
1366.
nîpan, st. v., _to veil, cover over, obscure_; pres. part. nîpende niht,
547, 650.
nolde, from ne-wolde (_would not_); see willan.
norð, adv., _northward_, 859.
norðan, adv., _from the north_, 547.
nose, w. f., _projection, cliff, cape_: dat. sg. of hliðes nosan, 1893; ät
brimes nosan, 2804.
nô (strengthened neg.), _not, not at all, by no means_, 136, 244, 587, 755,
842, 969, 1736, etc.; strengthened by following ne, 459(?), 1509; nô ... nô
(_neither ... nor_), 541-543; so, nô ... ne, 168. See ne.
nôðer (from nâ-hwäðer), neg., _and not, nor_, 2125.
ge-nôh, adj., _sufficient, enough_: acc. sg. fæhðo genôge, 2490; acc. pl.
genôge ... beágas, 3105.
nôn, st. f., [Eng. _noon_], ninth hour of the day, three o'clock in the
afternoon of our reckoning_ (the day was reckoned from six o'clock in the
morning; cf. Bouterwek Screádunga, 24 _2_: we hâtað ænne däg fram sunnan
upgange ôð æfen): nom. sg. nôn, 1601.
nu, adv.: l) _now, at present_, 251, 254, 375, 395, 424, 426, 489, etc.: nu
gyt (_up to now, hitherto_), 957; nu gen (_now still, yet_), 2860; (_now
yet, still_), 3169.--2) conj., _since, inasmuch as_: nu þu lungre geong ...
nu se wyrm ligeð (_go now quickly, since the dragon lieth dead_), 2746; so,
2248; þät þu me ne forwyrne ... nu ic þus feorran com (_that do not thou
refuse me, since I am come so far_), 430; so, 1476; nu ic on mâðma hord
mîne bebohte frôde feorh-lege, fremmað ge nu (_as I now..., so do ye_),
2800; so, 3021.
nymðe, conj. w. subj., _if not, unless_, 782; nymðe mec god scylde (_if God
had not shielded me_), 1659.
nyt, st. f., _duty, service, office, employment_: acc. sg. þegn nytte
beheóld (_did his duty_), 494; so, 3119.--Comp.: sund-, sundor-nyt.
nyt, adj., _useful_: acc. pl. m. nytte, 795; comp. un-nyt.
ge-nyttian, w. v., _to make use of, enjoy_: pret. part. häfde eorð-scrafa
ende ge-nyttod (_had enjoyed, made use of_), 3047.
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