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neoþor

  • adverb
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neoþor, nioþor, niþor; adv.
(without a positive form) Lower, in an inferior position
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  • 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.
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v.  niþor.
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  • neoþor, adv.