Nefa
Dizionario Anglo-Sassone Inglese Antico di Bosworth & Toller - nefa
Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:
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- nefa
- m. I. a nephew; nepos :-- Bróder sune vel suster sune ðæt is nefa, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 71. Neva nepos, 72, 35. Hlóþhere Ægelbrhytes nefa (cf. hé him onsende Leutherium his nefan (nepotem), Bd. 3,7; S. 530. 29), Chr. 670; Erl. 34, 29: 789; Erl. 57, 34: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31 : Som. 11, 69. Eám and nefa, Exon. Th. 431. 35; Rä. 47, 6. Heó wæs Édwines nefan (nepotis) dohtor, Bd. 4. 23 ; S. 593, 2. Hé swylces hwæt secgan wolde eám his nefan, Beo. Th. 1766; B. 881. II. a grandson :-- Nefena bearnum pronepotibus, filiis nepotum, Hpt. Gl. 426, 50. Ealdra nefena pronepotum, 445, 56. III. a step-son :-- Nefa prifignus, Wülck. Gl. 41, 28. [Icel. nefi a cognate kinsman, a nephew : O. Frs. neva : O. H. Ger. nefo nepos, sobrinus : Ger. neffe.]