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niþþas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
niþþas, niþas; pl. m. (a poetical word used only in the plural)
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  • Niþþas findaþ gold, gumþeóda bearn,

    • Cd. Th. 14, 27
    • ;
    • Gen. 225.
  • Niþþa bearna ǽrest ealra,

    • 69, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 1135 : 77, 33
    • ;
    • Gen. 1284 : Beo. Th. 2015
    • ;
    • B. 1005 : Exon. Th. 167, 34
    • ;
    • Gú. 1070.
  • Niþþa nergend,

    • 140, 18
    • ;
    • Gú. 612.
  • Niþþa gehwylcum,

    • 360, 15
    • ;
    • Wal. 6.
  • Geneósian niþa bearna ealra þeóda

    ad visitandas omnes gentes,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 5 : 65, 3 : 71, 17.
  • Niþa náthwilc,

    • Beo. Th. 4436
    • ;
    • B. 2215.
  • Niþa gehwam unásecgendlíc,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 928
    • ;
    • El. 465.
  • Hé from sceolde niþþum hweorfan

    he must die,

    • Cd. Th. 74, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 1223 : 75, 5
    • ;
    • Gen. 1235.
  • Hé is niþum swǽs, is ðín milde mód ofer manna bearn,

    • Ps. Th. 99, 4.
  • Neáh is Drihten niþum eallum ðe hine mid sóþe hige séceaþ

    prope est Dominus omnibus invocantibus eum in veritate,

    • 144, 19.
  • Ðú eart mihtum swíð niþas tó nergenne,

    • Cd. Th. 234, 1
    • ;
    • Dan. 285.
Etymology
[
Goth. nithjis a kinsman
:
Icel. niðr; pl. niðjar a son, kinsman.
]
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v.  niþ.
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