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Ná-hwæþer

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1 ná-hwæþer

Add: I. as adjective :-- Náðrum werode ne becymð nǽfre nán ende, Hml. Th. ii. 608, 9. God hine ne neádode on náðre healfe, Hex. 22, 30. I a. as a grammatical term, neuter:-- Neutrum is náðor cynn . . . ðis cyn gebyrað oftost tó náðrum cynne, Ælf. Gr. Z. 18, 14-18. II. as substantive :-- Náðer ne mehte on óþrum sige gerǽcan velut invicti ab alterutro recesserunt, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 33, Hí nóhwæþerum (-e, Bd. S. 647, 2) heora willunge habban ne magon in neutro cupitum possunt obtinere propositum, Bd. 5, 23; Sch. 693, 2. Hé ys swá gelfigod ꝥ hé náðron ne derað, ne Februario ne Martio, Angl. viii. 307, 20. Hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced þæt hé náðer þára ne gesittan ne standan mihte (ut sedere out stare nequivisset), Guth. 153. 14. na-hwæþer,na-hwæðer
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ᚾᚪ-ᚻᚹᚫᚦᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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