Neósian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

neósian

p. ode with gen. acc. or clause. I. to search out, find out by enquiry or inspection, to inspect :-- Wolde neósian Nergend, hwæt his bearn dyde, Cd. Th. 53, 2 ; Gen. 855. Gewát neósian heán húses hú hit Hring-Dene gebún hæfdon he came and inspected the lofty house, how the Hring-Danes had ordered it, Beo. Th. 230; B. 115. II. to seek, visit (a) a place :-- Wæs his gewuna ðæt Norþanhymbra mǽgþe sóhte and neósode solebat Nordanhymbrorum provincian revisere, Bd. 3, 23; S. 554, 7. Gewiton him wígend wíca neósian, Frysland geseón, Beo. Th. 2255; B. 1125. (b) a person :-- Mannes sunu ðe ðú neósast (visitas), Ps. Th. 8, 5. Neósode hé min eft me revisens, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 43. Se hine ǽghwylce daga neósade, Exon. Th. 162, 11 ; Gú. 974. Hwílum mennisce áras neósedon (hine or his), 157, 16 ; Gú. 892. Ic wæs on ðæm carcerne and gé min neósodon, L. E. I. 32 ; Th. ii. 428, 29. Se leófa cuma se ðe gewunade úre bróðer neósian (visitare), Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 568, 17. Ðone ðe hí untrumne neósian cóman, 4, 11 ; S. 579, 40 : R. Ben. 17, 2. Ðonne Drihten úre hwylces neósian wille, Blickl. Homl. 125, 13. III. to seek with hostile intent (cf. sécan), to visit with calamity, disease, etc. :-- Leomu hefegedon, hé gecneów ðæt hine ælmihtig ufan neósade (cf. the phrase the visitation of God), Exon. Th. 159, 24; Gú. 931. Ðǽr Ongenþeów Eofores niósade (MS. niosað), Beo. Th. 4966 ; B. 2486. [O Sax. niusón.] and preceding word. neosian

Related words: ge-neósian