Nóþ
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - nóþ
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- nóþ
- f. I. temerity, presumption, boldness, daring :-- Ðú sylfa meaht gecnáwan ðæt ic ðisse nóþe wæs nýde gebǽded ðæt ic ðé sóhte thyself may'st know, that I was by need compelled to the presumption of visiting thee, Exon. Th. 263, 1 ; Jul, 343. II. an adventurous band (?) :-- Semninga on sealtne wǽg mid ða nóþe (the sailors who have landed on the whale thinking it an island) niþer gewíteþ gársecges gæst (the whale), 361, 31; Wal. 28. [O. H. Ger. nand temeritas, praesumtio.]