Néþan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

néþan

Add: (l) absolute :-- Him wzs mycel ege tó þon ꝥ hé húru tó swýðe ne nýðde (gedyrstláhte, gif hé þæs ungewunelican þinges tó Gode wilnode he was very much afraid of venturing too far, if he desired that unusual thing of God, Gr. D. 18, 10. (2) with preposition :-- Ic swíðe unmeodum geneahhe néðde tó Dryhtnes líchoman and tó his ðám deórwyrþan blóde I ventured far too frequently to go to the Lord's Supper, Angl. xi. 99, 70. (3) with clause :-- Hwæt is þesceorlisca wer þe néþeþ (gedyrstlǽceð, v. l. ) þus ungelǽred ꝥ hé ágnað him sylfum þá þénunga úres apostolican hláfordes? quis est iste vir rusticus, qui officium apostolici nostri domini sibimet indoctus usurpare praesumit?, Gr. D. 35, 4. neðan,neþan

Related words: l.),