Neát

Old English Dictionary Entry

Neát

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: sleg-neát. neat

Definitions

1 neát

n. A neat, an ox or a cow, cattle, beast, animal :-- Gif neát mon gewundige, weorpe ðæt neát tó honda oððe foreþingie, L. Alf. pol. 24; Th. i. 78, 9. Nán neát nyste nǽnne andan tó óðrum, Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 10. Ne ligeþ hé eallinga on ðære eorþan suá ða creópendan wuhta, ac biþ hwæthwugu upáhæfen suá ðæt neát from eorþan, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 157, 1. Fugel oððe fisc on sǽ oððe eorþan neát, feldgongende feoh bútan snyttro, Exon. Th. 371, 23 ; Seel. 80. Foldan neát, Salm. Kmbl. 436 ; Sal. 218. Ic eom anlíc ánum neáte ut jumentum factus sum, Ps. Th. 72, 18. Sealde heora neát (jumenta) hæglum, 77, 48. Deór and neát bestiae et universa pecora, 148, 10. Ða dumban neát, Andr. Kmbl. 134; An. 67. Tó neáta scypene ad stabula jumentorum, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597. 9. Nǽnig mann scypene his neátum ne timbreþ, 1, 1 ; S. 474, 32. Ðám monnum ðe beóþ neátum gelíce, Bt. 14, 1 ; Fox 42, 3 note : 41, 5 ; Fox 254, 5. [O. Frs. nát : Icel. naut cattle, oxen : O. H. Ger. nóz jumentum.]

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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