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níwe

  • adjective
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Grammar
níwe, neówe; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §90; §174; §264; §434; §620;
new, not yet used
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  • Ne ásend nán scyp of níwum reáfe on eald reáf; elles ðæt níwe slít, and se níwa scyp ne hylp ðam ealdan,

    • Lk. Skt. 5, 36.

  • Smyre mid níre (MS. B. ánre) feþere,

    • Lchdm. i. 234, 13.

  • Hé léde hyne on hys níwan byrgene,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 60.

  • Gé ðǽr gemétaþ níwe byrgenne,

    • Blickl. Homl. 147, 30.
new, recent, not of long standing, not long made
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  • Nán man ne sent níwe wín on ealde bytta; elles ðæt níwe wín brycþ ða bytta . . . Ac níwe wín is tó sendenne on níwe bytta ... And ne drincþ nán man eald wín and wylle sóna ðæt níwe,

    • Lk. Skt. 5, 37-39.

  • Ðá hé ( the Roman name ) com ǽrest tó Parþum, and wæs ðǽr swíðe níwe,

    • Bt, 18, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 64, 13.

  • Níwe móna

    neomenia,

    • Wrt, Voc. i. 16, 51.

  • Se níwa

    neophytus,

    • ii. 60, 64.

  • Seó ( the English Church ) núgyt is níwe on geleáfan,

    • Bd. 489, 41.

  • Ðy læs se steall swá níwre cyricean tealtrian ongunne,

    • 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 505, 11.

  • Ðis gelimpþ seldon, and nǽfre búton on níwum mónan,

    • Lchdm. iii. 242, 23.

  • Nó on níwan wylme, ac on lancsumere mynsteres drohtnunge,

    • R. Ben. 9, 6.

  • Hé ðone winter mid ðý níwan folce ( the newly converted Frisians ) wunode,

    • Bd. 5, 19
      • ;
    • S. 639, 26.

  • Níwan stefne

    anew,

    • Cd. Th. 94, 1
      • ;
    • Gen. 1555 : Andr. Kmbl. 245
      • ;
    • An. 123.

  • Niówan,

    • Beo. Th. 3582
      • ;
    • B. 1789.

  • On swá niówan gefeán,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3336
      • ;
    • An. 1672.

  • Ðá sceáwode Scyppend úre his weorca wlite, níwra gesceafta,

    • Cd. Th. 13, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 208 : 55. 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 889.

  • On ðisum níwum dagum

    in these modern times,

    • Homl. Th. i. 608, 23 : Homl. Skt. 13, 177.

  • Brembel ðe síen begen endas on eorþan; genim ðone neówran wyrttruman,

    • Lchdm. ii. 292, 1.
new (to anything), inexperienced
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  • Swá swíðe swá ða níwan Cristenan hit niman mihte

    in quantum rudes capere poterant,

    • Bd. 3, 22
      • ;
    • S. 553, 10.

  • Ðǽm níwum

    neotericis,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 58.

  • Ðæt is ðæt mon ða earce bere on ðǽm saglum ðætte ða gódan láreówas ða hálgan gesomnunge lǽrende ða níwan (niéwan, Cott. MSS.) and ða angeleáffullan mód mid hira láre gelǽde tó ryhtum geleáfan

    vectibus arcam portare est bonis doctoribus sanctam ecclesiam ad rudes infidelium mentes praedicando deducere,

    • Past. 22, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 171, 13.

  • Níwa láre

    rudimenta,

    • Rtl. 80, 3.
new, novel, different from what has gone before
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  • Árás níwe cing ðe nyste hwæt Iosep wæs,

    • Ex. 1, 8.

  • Hasterbal se níwa cyning

    Asdrubal novus imperator,

    • Ors. 4, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 176, 33.

  • Hwæt is ðeós níwe lár,

    • Mk. Skt. 1, 27.

  • Níwe circhálgung (v. cyric-hálgung)

    encenia,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 52.

  • Calic níwre ǽ (

    novi testamenti

    ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 28.

  • Nemde níwan stefne; nama wæs gecyrred,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2119
      • ;
    • El. 1061.

  • Him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe ðæt líchomlíce gedál on ðære neówan wyrde (

    in their new condition

    ),
    • Blickl. Homl. 135, 31.

  • Ic eów sylle níwe bebod,

    • Jn. Skt. 13, 34.

  • Singaþ Drihtne neówne sang,

    • Ps. Th. 149, 1 : Ps. Surt. 32, 3.

  • Hí hæfdon neówne gefeán geméted,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1737
      • ;
    • El. 870.

  • Fægere word ðis synd . . . ac forðon hí níwe syndon and uncúþe,

    • Bd. 1, 25
      • ;
    • S. 487, 9.

  • Lyt swígode níwra spella, se ðe næs gerád,

    • Beo. Th. 5788
      • ;
    • B. 2898.

  • Hí sprecaþ níwum tungum,

    • Mk. Skt. 16, 17.

  • Gelǽrdan biscepas swelce níwe rǽdas swelce hié fol oft ǽr ealde gedydan,

    • Ors. 4, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 184, 2.

  • Singaþ sangas neówe,

    • Ps. Th. 95, 1.
Etymology
[
Goth. niujis
:
O. Sax. níwi
:
O. Frs. níe
:
O. H. Ger. niuwi, níwi novus, recens, rudis modernus.
]
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v. ed-níwe.
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v.  níwung.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “níwe.” 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/23832.

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