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nest

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
nest, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§42; §80; §243; §343;
A nest; also the young birds in the nest; nidus
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  • Nest

    nidus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 77. 39 : Ælfc. Gr. 8
    • ;
    • Som. 7. 30.
  • Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse,

    'I shall die in my nest,'

    • Exon. Th. 235, 6
    • ;
    • Ph. 553 : 212, 25
    • ;
    • Ph. 215.
  • Nest timbran, gearwian, getimbran, wyrcan

    to build a nest,

    • 210, 20, 21
    • ;
    • Ph. 189 : 228, 2
    • ;
    • Ph. 432 : 229, 6
    • ;
    • Ph. 229.
  • Ðíne bearn gegaderian swá se fugel déþ his nest (

    nidum

    )

    under his fiðerum,

    • Lk. Skt. 13, 34.
  • Heofones fuglas habbaþ nestþ (MS. A. nest : Lind. nesto)

    volucres coeli habent nidos,

    • 9, 58.
  • Nest (Lind. nestas ł nesto),

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 20 : Homl. Th. i. 160, 34.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. nest nidus.
]
Similar entries
v. nistian, nestlian.
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