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níwan

  • adverb
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Grammar
níwan, neówan, neón; adv.
Recently, lately, newly
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  • Níwan, neówan,

    nuper;

    • Ælfc. Gr. 38
      • ;
    • Som. 39, 58.

  • Secgeaþ hí ðæt sume dæge ðider níwan (

    nuper

    )

    cóme cýpemen,

    • Bd. 2, 1
      • ;
    • S. 501, 4.

  • Ða þing ðe ús níwan bodade syndon

    ea quae nunc nobis nova praedicantur,

    • 2, 13
      • ;
    • S. 516, 11.

  • Ðonne man níwan wíf nymþ

    cum acceperit homo nuper uxorem,

    • Deut. 24, 5
      • .

  • Ðone consul ðe hié ðá níwan geset hæfdon,

    • Ors. 2, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 86, 32.

  • Gif hwelc man biþ wíteþeów níwan geþeówad,

    • L. In. 48
      • ;
    • Th. i. 132, 7.

  • Ic eom se ðe nú níwan com. Swilce hé swá cwǽde : Ic wæs geswutelod nú níwan,

    • Glostr. Fragm. 50, 2-4.

  • For ðære swíðlícan ehtnysse ðe ðá níwan ásprang æfter Carines slege

    on account of the fierce persecution that just then had sprung up after the murder of Carinus,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 326.

  • Gif hwá níwan tó mynstres drohtnunge gecyrran wyle

    if a man's wish to turn to a monastic life is but newly formed,

    • R. Ben. 96, 3.

  • Gelamp nýwan

    it happened lately,

    • Nicod. Thw. 8, 27 : 19, 37.

  • Seó núgyt neówan is becumen and gelǽded tó Godes geleáfan

    quae (ecclesia Anglorum) nuper adhuc ad fidem adducta est,

    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 489, 12.

  • Hé eów neón gesceód

    lately he harmed you,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2354
      • ;
    • An. 1178.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. níwanes nuper.
]
Similar entries
v. níwane.
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v.  neówan níwane níwe.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “níwan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23824.

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