Nebbian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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