A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language Part 90

---- == service, help. RG. 403. O. and N. 388

---- _v. n._ 976 B. RG. 370

Need, _v. n._ == dare. Alys. 6525, AS. nean

Needful, _adj._ == needy. Ps. cviii. 22. Sermon, 17

Needing, _sb._ == need. Ps. ix. 10

Needle, _sb._ RG. 99

Needless, _adj._ 1664 B.

Needy, _adj._ RG. 330

Neeres, _sb._ == reins, kidneys. Ps. x.x.x. 3. ON. nyra. Dut. nier. Cf.

'kydneer,' the form found in Wiclif, Ex. xxix. 13

Neghtsom, _adj._ == propitious. Ps. lxiv. 4; lxxvii. 38. AS. hn?gan

Neigh, _v. n._ RG. 459. part. 'neyghynge.' Alys. 1872. AS. hnaeegan

Neighbour, _sb._ RG. 538

Neighing, _sb._ Alys. 2091

Neither, _p.r.o.n._ [nother]. RG. 421; _conj._ [nother]. O. and N. 465; [nouther]. Wright's L. P. p. 102

Neld, _sb._ == needle. Sermon, 22

Nende, _sb._ == end. RG. 153, 297

Nephew, _sb._ RG. 325, 393

Nere, _sb._ == ear. Ps. x.x.x. 3

Nese, _v. n._ == sneeze. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. niesan

Nesh, _adj._ == soft, tender. 1623 B. O. and N. 1385; [neys]. HD. 217. AS.

hnesc

---- _v. a._ == make soft. part. 'nesched.' Ps. liv. 22

Neshly, _adv._ == softly. [nessely]. RG. 435

Nest, _sb._ O. and N. 282

Nestle, _v. n._ Ps. ciii. 17

Net, _sb._ HD. 752

Nether, [nyther] == lower. 522 . sup. 'netherest.' Ps. cx.x.xviii. 15.

'nythemeste.' Fr. Sci. 331

Netherward, _adv._ [notherward]. O. and N. 144

Nettle, _sb._ O. and N. 593

Neve, _sb._ == fist, neif. HD. 1917. ON. hnefi

Never, _adv._ RG. 13; [newe]. RG. 468

Nevereft. 946 B.

Neverthelater, _adv._ RG. 11

New, _adj._ [nywe]. RG. 375; [nowe]. O. and N. 1127

---- _sb._ == infant. Ps. xviii. 8

---- _v. a._ == renew. Ps. x.x.xviii. 3

Newe, == never. _q. v._

Next. See Nigh

Nice, _adj._ == silly, foolish. RG. 109, 106. Fr. niais

Nifle, _v. n._ == talk folly, drivel. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Nigh, _adj._ [ne?]. 94, 208 B.; [neh]. Wright's L. P. p. 34. sup. 'next.'

RG. 11; [nest]. Wright's L. P. p. 59

Nigh, _v. n._ == draw near to. Wright's L. P. p. 84. Alys. 781

Night, _sb._ RG. 383. gen. absol. 'nightes' == in the night-time, or 'by night.' O. and N. 238

Nightingale, _sb._ O. and N. 4, 13. AS. nightgale, from 'galan,' to sing

Nighwhat, == almost. RG. 81, 398

Nime, _v. a._ == take. 822 B.; pret. 'nome.' RG. 367; 'nam.' 285 B.; 'neme.' 254 B.; part. 'ynome.' RG. 3; part. 'niming' == taking prisoners.

Alys. 1614. AS. niman

Nine. RG. 382, 393

Nineteen. RG. 517

Nineteenth, _adj._ RG. 421