Neoþor

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - neoþor

According to the Old English Dictionary:

nioþor, niþor ;

neoþor
ad :-- Niþor inferius, nyþemyst infime, Ælfc. Gr. 38 ; Som. 42, 14. Se ðe wæs neoþor on endebyrdnysse wearþ fyrmest on þrowunge he (Stephen) that was lower in order, was first in suffering, Homl. Th. i. 50, 4. Ðá heó ðá hié in ðæm gefeohte neoþor geségon qui dum se inferiores in bello conspicerent, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 16. Ðé læs ðe ðæt mód sý neoþer ðonne se líchoma, Homl. Skt. 1, 58. Nioþoror, Bt. 41. 6 ; Fox 254. 31. Sió eorþe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 130, 20. Nioþor hwéne, Beo. Th. 5392 ; B. 2699. Ðæt mód glít nioþor and nioþor (niþor and niþor, Hatt. MS.) stæpmǽlum, Past. 38, 7; Swt. 278, 2. Hine nyþor ásette Metod the Lord humbled him (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 247, 7 ; Dan. 493. neoþor

Related words: (without a positive form) Lower, in an inferior position

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