Nebbian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nebbian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 nebbian

p. ode To turn the face towards anyone (?), to retort upon anyone (?) :-- Se ríca besihþ on his pællenum gyrlum, and cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelica.' Ac se apostol Paulus hine nebbaþ mid ðisum wordum (retorts upon him, meets him, with these words) : ' Ne brohte wé nán þing tó ðisum middangearde, ne wé nán þing heonon mid ús lǽdan ne mágon, Homl. Th. i. 256, 7-12. nebbian

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛖᛒᛒᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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