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† ˈnewen, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 níwan(e, néowan, 3 neow-, neaw-, newene, ne(o)uwen, newenn.
[OE. níwan(e, f. níwe new a.]
1. Newly, quite recently.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §3 Se weas ᵹeworden niwane. c893― Oros. ii. vi. 86 Þone ænne consul þe hie þa niwan ᵹeset hæfdon. 971Blickl. Hom. 177 Nu niwan ᵹelamp þæt ic me sylf onfand [etc.]. c1000ælfric Deut. xxiv. 5 Þonne man niwan wif nymð. c1200Ormin 13221 He þe Laferrd Iesu Crist Þa newenn haffde fundenn. c1205Lay. 3591 Buten he beo neowene icume. Ibid. 20683 ænne castel..þe wes neouwen [c 1275 newene] iworht.
2. Shortly, soon. rare.
c1200Ormin 715 To kiþenn to þe follc þatt Crist Þa shollde cumenn newenn.
Hence † ˈnewenly adv., shortly, soon. Obs.—1
c1205Lay. 13320 Heo habbeoð me itald..þat þe king of Norewæiȝe neowenliche wule hider uaren. |