Níwian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - níwian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

níwian
p. ode To renew, renovate, restore :-- Nú mé Sethes bearn torn níwiaþ, Cd. Th. 76, 16; Gen. 1258. Hé níwade Cnutes lage (emendare, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 12. Wǽren ǽrendracen, gesend tó Ængla lande tó níwianne ðone geleáfan, Chr. 785 ; Erl. 57, 17. Eorþan neówiende anseón terrae novas faciem, Hymn. Surt. 97, 34. [Chauc. newe : Goth. ana-niujan : O. Sax. níwian : O. H. Ger. niuwón, níwón novare.] v. ed-, ge-níwian. niwian

Related words: Freeman's Old English History, p. 241), Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2. Ne wrec ðú ða ǽrran yflu, búton hí mon eft níwige, Prov. Kmbl. 35. Swá ðæt ðú ǽghwylce dæg ðone drenc níwie (níwige, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 192, 15. Burh rǽran, and sele settan, salo níwian, Cd. Th. 113, 3 ; Gen. 1881. Sár níwigan, Elen. Kmbl. 1878; El. 941. Eft níwige

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