Nosu

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - nosu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

nosu
I. Dele 'also an', and add: a nostril; pl. the nostrils, nose :-- 'Ðín nosu is swelce se torr on Libano. 'Ðæt is ðæt wé oft gestincað mid úrum nosum ðæt wé mid úrum eágum gesión ne magon. Mid ðǽm nosum (per nasum) wé tósceádað góde stincas and yfele. Hwæt is getácnod ðurh ðá nosu (per nasum) . . . ?, Past. 433, 19-22. Is sió lytle nosu ðæt mon ne sié gescádwís; for ðǽm mid ðǽre nose wé tósceádað ðá stencas, 65, 19-21. Nosa habbað nares habent, Ps. Vos. 113, 6 second: 134, 17. II. substitute: nóse, an; f, taking it as a separate word. nosu
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